Flooding fallout dampens tourism at popular Iowa summer hotspot
Tourism officials and businesses in the Iowa Great Lakes region are seeing lower crowds and revenues this season due to flooding that hit the area at end of June and into early July. > react
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Two dead in single-vehicle crash in McDonald County
- Iowa
- Route 20
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- Aug 12, 2024 2:31pm
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A late-night car crash in McDonald County claims the lives of two people. It happened on Route EE two miles west of Lanagan just after 2:30 Monday morning. Missouri State ... Read More
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- source: Bing / Davenport-R Island-Moline KWQC
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- Aug 12, 2024 1:15pm
MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) - The City of Muscatine says a second sewer project be beginning Monday on Clinton Street. Broders Excavating will be working to reroute a sewer across the street which will ... Read More
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- source: Bing / Palm Beach Post
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- Aug 12, 2024 10:10am
Getting tired of tornadoes? Florida has already seen more twisters this year than all of 2023. There have been 1,495 reports of tornado activity this year through July 29, the NWS said. These have not ... Read More
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Iowa man dies after crashing vehicle during medical episode
- Iowa
- Wever
- US 61
- source: Bing
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- Aug 12, 2024 06:30am
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An Iowa man died Friday after crashing his vehicle while having an apparent medical problem, according to authorities. Read More
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Curious Iowa: Who picks up roadkill?
- Iowa
- US 30
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- Aug 11, 2024 10:30pm
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Iowa Department of Transportation highway technician associate Jeremiah Frueh tosses a carcass of a raccoon into the taller grass beyond the 20-foot buffer cut along Highway 30 as he patrols roadways ... Read More
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The Omaha metro had three 100-year-plus rain events in 6 weeks. Why wasn't flooding worse?
- Iowa
- I-29
- source: Bing
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- Aug 11, 2024 02:57am
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Three storms in the Omaha metro area produced rainfalls that qualified as 100-year or greater events - generally defined as 7 inches or more over a 24-hour period - within ... Read More
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Shooting incident reported at Interstate-29 Speedway
- Iowa
- Hamburg
- I-29
- source: Bing
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- Aug 10, 2024 7:37pm
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Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a shooting at the Interstate-29 Speedway near Pacific Junction Saturday night. Read More
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UPDATE: NY woman killed in Marlboro pedestrian crash
- Iowa
- Avenue Of The Saints
- source: Bing
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- Aug 10, 2024 5:52pm
Police say Constance Vrooman, 74, of Sharon Springs, NY was struck by a pickup truck on Route 9 Saturday morning. Read More
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- source: Bing
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- Aug 10, 2024 5:20pm
DES MOINES, Iowa - Des Moines police announced shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday that a crash had occurred at SE 6th Street and Indianola Avenue after a pursuit. The fleeing car struck another vehicle ... Read More
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- source: Bing
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- Aug 10, 2024 3:00pm
At the intersection of 23rd and Iowa, newly built pedestrian islands ... A report from the Governors Highway Safety Association found pedestrian fatalities have increased by 77% over a decade-long ... Read More
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Omaha man found guilty of motor vehicle homicide in crash that ejected, killed passenger
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- I-480 Near Omaha
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- Aug 10, 2024 07:44am
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Omaha police investigating Wednesday morning ... officers attempted a traffic stop at about 2:50 a.m. as Kauai drove along Interstate 480 near the westbound I-80 on-ramp. After Kauai accelerated ... Read More
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- source: Bing
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- Aug 10, 2024 07:32am
Emergency crews on Saturday began removing the victims of a plane crash in Brazil's Sao Paulo state that killed all 62 people aboard, as authorities sifted through the wreckage to ... Read More
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Kamala Harris Picks Tim Walz for Vice President, Taylor Swift's Vienna Concerts Canceled After Terror Plot: Photos of the Week
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- Deep River
- source: Bing / Wall Street Journal
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- Aug 10, 2024 06:17am
Tropical storm Debby brings rain and flooding, Bangladesh's prime minister resigns after weeks of protests and more images from around the world, selected by Wall Street Journal photo editors. Read More
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Tips to keep your car running for longer
- Iowa
- Kelley
- source: Bing / wqad
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- Aug 09, 2024 8:15pm
One mechanic said that's why people are holding onto their vehicles for longer. According to S&P Global Mobility, the average age of a vehicle in the U.S. is 12.6 years, the highest it's ever been. Read More
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New water park in Sioux City breaks ground
- Iowa
- Sioux City
- source: Bing / Yahoo
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- Aug 09, 2024 6:29pm
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) - As of Friday night, a new water park is another step closer to becoming a reality in Sioux City. A groundbreaking was held at 3820 Highway 75 North, with a couple of city ... Read More
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BNSF train derails in west-central Iowa
- Iowa
- Highway
- source: Bing
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- Aug 09, 2024 2:36pm
RED OAK, Iowa (WOWT) - A BNSF train derailed in the small Iowa town of Red Oak, hitting a parked vehicle with someone inside it. Read More
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LIVE: Near plane crash site in Brazil's Sao Paulo state with 62 people aboard
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- IA-1 NEAR NEWTON
- source: Bing
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- Aug 09, 2024 12:55pm
A plane with 62 people aboard crashed in a residential area of a city in Brazil's Sao Paulo state Friday, the airline VoePass said. It was not immediately clear how ... Read More
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- source: Bing
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- Aug 09, 2024 12:30pm
One person was injured in a trail derailment in Red Oak, Iowa, Thursday morning after a grain car landed on top of an SUV. Read More
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There is still time to get tickets to Greta Van Fleet at the Iowa State Fair. Here's how
- Iowa
- Highway
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- Aug 09, 2024 11:57am
One of its EPs won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards. Songs by Greta Van Fleet include "Highway Tune" and "Heat Above." When is Greta Van Fleet performing at the Iowa State Fair? Greta Van ... Read More