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Clay County Heritage Center in Spencer is re-opened, after getting eighteen inches of flood water last June in their South Gallery. Located on Grand Avenue and First Avenue, it was one of the first buildings impacted as the Little Sioux River started flooding June 22.
Two million dollars in FEMA funds have been freed up for the Spencer Community Schools.
State Representative Megan Jones invited local leaders from Spencer to the statehouse to testify at the Local Government Committee she chairs and extended an invitation to Speaker Pat Grassley to stop by for a few minutes.
The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors has engaged an engineer to design a new outlet for the Iowa Great Lakes chain. Hydrologist Larry Weber – director of the Iowa Flood Center – has looked at the plans.
Three local individuals have been hired to help lead and support the county’s ongoing disaster recovery efforts following this summer’s flood
The Director of the Iowa Flood Center is lobbying for monitoring equipment to cover the entire state. The entity was created after the Cedar Rapids flood and is expanding across the state as federal funding is provided.
Wednesday is the deadline for eligible homeowners to apply for funds from the Disaster Recovery Housing Assistance Program
Approximately one hundred and fifty residents of Spencer attended Tuesday night’s flood “debriefing” hosted by the city.
Thursday afternoon U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra held a town hall with a government class from Okoboji High School.
The Director of the Iowa Flood Center will be addressing a public meeting in Spencer Tuesday night.