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Iowa Lakes Corridor Dev. Corp. Is Out With It’s Annual Report For 2023
February 19, 2024
(Spencer)– The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is out with its annual report for 2023. President and CEO Curt Strouth tells KUOO news one of the highlights is the findings of retention and expansion visits the Corridor conducted among various businesses and industries in the four counties they serve… In addition to those issues, Strouth […]
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Planning Continues For Osceola County Jail Renovation Project
February 19, 2024
(Sibley)– Plans to remodel and add onto the jail in Osceola county are moving forward. Voters last November approved a $5 million bond issue for the project. Sheriff Kevin Wollmuth says final plans are being put together… Wollmuth says the facility will be one level… Wollmuth says some preliminary work for the project is already […]
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BNSF Railway & Landowners Reach Settlement In NW Iowa Derailment
February 19, 2024
(Sioux City)– Iowa landowners and BNSF Railway have reached a settlement regarding a lawsuit over an oil train derailment in 2018. Details, including the amount of money paid out, are not being released publicly. The derailment in June of 2018 near Doon spilled around 160-thousand gallons of tar sand oil into floodwaters in Lyon County. […]
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Wildlife Disease Measure Could Benefit Iowa Ag Industry
February 19, 2024
(Undated)– Wildlife advocates are asking Congress to pass bill that would help states track diseases killing wildlife across the country. In Iowa, the measure would focus on slowing bird flu outbreaks, among other things. House Resolution 6-7-6-5 would spend up to 42-and-a-half million dollars a year to help state wildlife experts study and share data […]
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