(DES MOINES)- Gov. Branstad has approved a proclamation to enact the State Individual Assistance Grant Program for Iowa residents living in Dickinson County. On July 13, 2011, Dickinson County was hit by severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail and subsequent flooding causing damages and related impacts to private and public property including businesses, infrastructure and agriculture. […]
Jul 19 2011 | Posted in
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Lawmakers seek meeting after USPS fails to respond to requests for information about decision to close Sioux City Facility Washington D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), announces that he, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Congressmen Steve King (R-IA), have requested a meeting with Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe to discuss the Postal Service’s plan to move […]
Lamoni, Iowa – U.S. Congressman and his family are only suffering from some scrapes and bruises, after an attempted home invasion at the home of his daughter in Lamoni, Iowa. At approximately 10:45 p.m. Saturday night, a man with a gun entered the front door of the farm house and assaulted his daughter Cindy Brown, […]
DES MOINES, Iowa – Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered all flags in Iowa be flown at half-staff Monday, July 18, 2011 in honor of Iowa National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Terryl Pasker, 39, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sgt. 1st Class Terryl Pasker was killed in action Saturday, July 9, 2011 during a mounted patrol […]
Jul 15 2011 | Posted in
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DES MOINES, Iowa – In the wake of severe weather on July 10 and 11, state, local and federal teams will conduct joint damage assessments in four counties. The assessments will be conducted July 18 in Benton, Marshall, Story and Tama counties. The teams, comprised of the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division (HSEMD), […]
Jul 15 2011 | Posted in
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today issued an emergency disaster proclamation for Marshall and Story counties in response to severe weather that occurred in that area of the state on July 10 and 11. Severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornados passed through Iowa causing downed limbs, trees and power lines. Officials from […]
Jul 15 2011 | Posted in
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Funds available for flood victims in Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills and Fremont counties (DES MOINES)- Gov. Branstad today approved a proclamation to enact the State Individual Assistance Grant Program. The program will be made available to Iowa residents living in the flood affected counties of Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills and Fremont. The State […]
Jul 14 2011 | Posted in
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell introduced an amendment to H.R. 1309 that would help victims of flooding in Iowa and across the nation by making key changes to flood insurance. “Residents in nearly 700 counties across the United States have been victims of flooding this year, and Iowans have been hit especially hard,” […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today issued an emergency disaster proclamation for Tama County in response to this morning’s severe weather. In the early morning hours of Monday, July 11, 2011, severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornados passed through Iowa causing downed limbs, trees and power lines. Tama County officials requested state assistance […]
Jul 12 2011 | Posted in
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Gov. Branstad’s request for disaster designation in six Iowa counties affected by the Missouri River flooding. The letter, which was received today by The Office of Gov. Terry E. Branstad, gives disaster designation to Freemont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie and Woodbury counties. […]
Jul 9 2011 | Posted in
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