Jasper County emergency groups stage 'disaster' to practice protocols.
Source: Newton Daily News
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 11:35:55 -0700 | travel-news
Friday, a call went out over Jasper County dispatch: Chemical spill incident reported at the REG facility, three known injuries. The call was part of an exercise, a mock disaster organized by Jasper County Emergency Management for training purposes. During...
Don't Let It Happen to You: Baxter High School students host two-day alcohol awareness event
Source: Newton Daily News
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 10:08:36 -0700 | travel-news
Tragedy struck the Baxter community this weekend, overshadowing the normally cheerful and exciting events of the school's Junior/Senior prom. Six students from the school, on their way home from the dance, were involved in a fatal car accident that has...
Mother in fatal train crash released from hospital
Source: USA Today
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2013-04-03 18:41:12 -0700 | travel-news
EDT April 3, 2013 Two of her children were killed in the wreck, and another child remains hospitalized. Iowa -- A mother whose two daughters were killed in a train-vehicle crash in Batavia, Iowa, is out of the hospital, the...
Traffic crackdown coming, mobile radar locations reported
Source: Des Moines Register
Urbandale :: IA :: USA | updated 2012-05-13 12:24:27 -0700 | political-news
Iowa's second statewide traffic enforcement operation of the year begins on Thursday...Officers will be looking for various traffic violations, including seat belt violations...During the enforcement operation last March, officers wrote 18,284 traffic citations and warnings.
UI requests hearing with FEMA over art museum
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen
Iowa City :: IA :: USA | updated 2012-02-09 01:35:05 -0800 | political-news
Written by Emily Schettler Iowa City Press-Citizen Filed Under The University of Iowa has requested an open hearing with officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to discuss the status of funding for its Art Museum. UI spokesperson Tom Moore...
Van-semi collision kills Manning driver
Source: Des Moines Register
Middletown :: OH :: USA | updated 2011-10-10 01:46:16 -0700 | political-news
A Manning man died Monday in a head-on collision between his Dodge Caravan and a semitrailer truck, the Iowa State Patrol reported. Stanley Ewoldt, 80, was going east on Iowa Highway 141 just southwest of Templeton about 8 a.m. when...
South-side residents evacuated after gas leak
Source: Des Moines Register
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2011-10-07 08:00:11 -0700 | political-news
Residents are being evacuated in about a one-block area on Des Moines' south side this afternoon because of a ruptured natural gas line, officials said...It was not immediately known how many people in how broad an area were evacuated...Check DesMoinesRegister.com...
Theft reported at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-09-26 19:51:26 -0700 | political-news
The theft of several two-way radios and fire extinguishers was reported Monday at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines...Police said two doors were left off the building by a construction crew, apparently allowing access to thieves. The incident is believed...
Woman who died in April crash was drunk, had marijuana in her system
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-08-30 09:04:31 -0700 | political-news
A woman killed when crashed her vehicle into a home at 430 Hartford Ave. was legally drunk and had marijuana in her system, revealed toxicology reports released Wednesday. Joanna Rosezetta Chester, 24, died from injuries received when the vehicle she...
Firefighters battle large blaze near Fort Des Moines
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-08-16 11:01:50 -0700 | political-news
Firefighters are working to contain a large fire at a building along Chaffee Road south of Army Post Road in Des Moines. Emergency responders radioed to dispatchers that they believed the building had been evacuated. Witnesses said they saw flames...
Saylorville Lake holds steady
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-08-16 00:07:19 -0700 | political-news
Saylorville Lake north of Des Moines is projected to hold steady at 860 feet above sea level for the next week, leaving ample flood storage at the reservoir. Just over 33 percent of the reservoir's flood storage is currently being...
Oops! Speed camera can't prevent being sideswiped
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-08-16 05:33:58 -0700 | political-news
A mobile speed camera in use for about a week is out of commission after a traffic accident. Des Moines police said an 18-year-old driver lost control about 4 p.m. Friday in the 1500 block of Beaver Avenue and sideswiped...
Clinton house that fell in sinkhole is demolished
Source: Des Moines Register
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | updated 2011-08-14 00:24:24 -0700 | business-news
A house in Clinton that collapsed into a sinkhole has been torn down. Michael Harmon, the city's building and neighborhood official, said an emergency demolition was ordered for Larry Stuart's home. It had structural problems after collapsing into a sinkhole...
Polk County flood maps delayed
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-08-11 03:27:46 -0700 | political-news
New digital maps showing where flooding is most likely to occur in Polk County have been delayed until at least 2014. "It's sort of a complicated thing with the Polk County maps," said Bill Cappuccio of the Iowa Department of...
Hansen: Stoplight cameras improve safety, ISU finds
Source: Des Moines Register
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | updated 2011-08-04 20:19:51 -0700 | political-news
A few years ago, Iowa State studied "The Effectiveness of Iowa's Automated Red Light Running Enforcement Programs." And how effective are they, especially when it comes to reducing accidents? On Wednesday, the day the Des Moines Police Department called a...
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