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News Tipoffs - Iowa Editors Newsletter for Wednesday June 26, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Air Force Recruiting Services Hosts Educator Tour at Joint Base San Antonio
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Joe Gangemi, Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Services U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein, commander of Air Force Recruiting Service, and U.S Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Rebecca Arbona, AFRS command chief, welcomed 36 educators, civic leaders, and influencers from across the nation to Joint Base San Antonio June 10-14, 2024. The educational tour is designed  more

FEMA Teams Visit Local Neighborhoods to Help Flood Survivors
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: DES MOINES, Iowa - FEMA teams will begin visiting shelters and neighborhoods in Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth, and Sioux counties on Tuesday, June 25 to help survivors of record flooding in northwest Iowa. FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams will work in coordination with state and county emergency management. DSA Teams will be in impacted counties an  more

Iowa Utilities Board Approves Summit Carbon's Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Application With Modifications
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 26 -- The Iowa Utilities Board issued the following news release: On June 25, 2024, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) issued its final decision (https://wcc.efs.iowa.gov/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=latest&allowInterrupt=1&dDocName=2147516&noSaveAs=1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery) regarding Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC's, application for a permit to construct, operate, and maintain a hazardous liquid pipeline through 29 counties in Iowa. Th  more

IUB Sets Three Consumer Comment Meetings in Iowa-American Water's Rate Case
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 26 -- The Iowa Utilities Board issued the following news release: Iowa-American Water Company (Iowa-American) filed customer notices with the IUB on April 25 regarding its proposed water and sewer rate increases. The notices, filed in Docket No. RPU-2024-0002, include locations for in-person consumer comment meetings for which the IUB previously approved dates in an April 8, 2024 order (https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjp  more

More Counties Added to Disaster Unemployment Assistance Announcement From May
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 26 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release: * * * More Counties Added to Disaster Unemployment Assistance Announcement from May Benefits Now Available to Residents in Three More Impacted Counties * * * Federal authorities have added three more Iowa counties to the list of places where individuals are eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) following severe weather a month ago. Iowa Workforce Development is now accepting applications  more

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Iowa to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, straight-line winds and tornadoes beginning June 16, 2024, and continuing. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Clay, Emmet, Lyon, Plymouth and Sioux co  more