Democrats who’re running for governor, along with a key Republican legislator, are questioning the 20-million dollars in state tax breaks that Apple is getting for building new data centers in central Iowa. Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell, a Democratic candidate for governor, says it’s not a good deal for Iowa taxpayers. “Why are we giving […]Powered by WPeMatico
Class 4A 1. Dowling Catholic (1-0), LW #1 @ Urbandale 2. Iowa City West (1-0), LW #3 vs Muscatine 3. WDM Valley (1-0), LW #4 vs #7 Waukee 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (1-0), LW #8 @ CR Jefferson (Thur) 5. Johnston (1-0), LW (X) vs S.E. Polk 6. Lewis Central (1-0), LW #6 vs CB […]Powered by WPeMatico
Federal dollars will be flowing into seven Iowa counties for disaster relief. The White House is declaring a presidential disaster, at Governor Kim Reynolds’ request, after severe weather and flooding struck July 19th through the 23rd. There’s almost $7 million damage reported in the seven counties, which are: Allamakee, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two men are in custody after three people were shot early Sunday morning in downtown Iowa City about half an hour before closing time at bars in the area. Iowa City police say none of the victims or the two men charged in connection with the shootings are University of Iowa students. Officials sent out […]Powered by WPeMatico
Scott Olson/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Hurricane Harvey's historic torrential rains left thousands of people stranded in the Houston area on Sunday while rescuers -- public officials, as well as neighbors and good Samaritans -- took to the air and water in an attempt to pluck them to safety.An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 water rescues have taken place in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, as workers continue to locate survivors of the […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Houston is being inundated with "unprecedented" devastating flooding after ferocious Hurricane Harvey set in over southeast Texas this weekend, dumping torrential rain on the city, with no end in sight.ABC News meteorologists are forecasting historic rainfall totals up to 50 inches by Wednesday.Heavy rain bands are expected to continue to move in over Houston overnight, which will continue the catastrophic and life-threatening flash-flood emergency in the […]
Trudy Lampson(HOUSTON) -- A startling image of elderly women in a Texas nursing home surrounded by waist-deep flood waters, covered by blankets and sopping wet personal items stunned viewers on social media Sunday morning and prompted an emergency evacuation of the facility.Galveston County Commissioner Ken Clark told ABC News that 20-25 residents at La Vita Bella Nursing home were safely evacuated from the flooded building in Dickinson. David Popoff, the […]
Texas Military Dept (HOUSTON) -- Hurricane Harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the system is still meandering over the Houston area, dumping torrential rains on Southeast Texas.The result -- severe flooding that is expected to grow worse over the week.Houston has dealt with floods before in recent years, but Harvey could lead to 50 inches of rainfall in spots by Wednesday, a historic level of flooding."This is […]
Berk Ozkan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner argued on Sunday that an evacuation of Harris County, which is currently seeing "unprecedented" flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, would have led to a far worse calamity for area residents."If you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare. Especially when it's not planned," Turner said during an update […]
