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Iowa Flood Center offers online, real-time flood maps for 19 communities

Residents of 19 Iowa cities can get a street-by-street view of flood conditions in real time via an online system developed by the Iowa Flood Center in Iowa City.


The Iowa Flood Information System, or IFIS, offers…
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Vikings and Wells Fargo in the trenches over signs above football stadium

The Minnesota Vikings professional football team is making a goal-line stand against Wells Fargo & Co. in a lawsuit that has been moved from state court to federal court at the banking giant’s request, the Minneapolis …

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IRS extends some Obamacare reporting requirements for businesses

The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said they are extending some Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act reporting deadlines to help companies meet the requirements, LifeHealthPro reported. Employers will have two more months past Feb. …

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Immigration offsets Iowa’s population losses

Immigration has kept Iowa’s population from shrinking, the Quad-City Times reported. Illinois lost 22,194 residents between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, while Iowa gained 14,418 in the same period. …

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Iowa A.G. Miller supports e-cigarettes as option to quit smoking

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who is famous for fighting tobacco companies, is making waves for touting the relative safety of e-cigarettes, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. Miller put out a strongly worded statement on the issuelast week. “There has been …

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How the wealthy dodge the taxman

With income inequality at its highest levels in nearly a century and public debate rising over whether the government should respond to it through higher taxes on the wealthy, the richest Americans have financed a…
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Feds plan to shift mortgage risk to private investors under new types of securities

The federal government is trying to get taxpayers off the hook for billions of dollars of potential losses if another mortgage crisis arrives, and in the process, it is quietly giving birth to a new …

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Iowa lifts ban on poultry exhibitions

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship on Jan. 1 will lift a ban on live bird exhibitions at county fairs, the Iowa State Fair, livestock auction markets, swap meets and exotic sales that …

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Iowa ethanol production hits 4 billion gallons

Iowa’s 43 ethanol plants produced more than 4 billion gallons of the fuel during 2015, up slightly from 3.9 billion gallons in 2014, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association reported. Iowa produces 27 percent of the …

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Nominations sought for Awards for Excellence in History

The State Historical Society of Iowa board of trustees is seeking nominations for its Awards for Excellence in History programs, which recognize individuals, organizations and communities that made outstanding contributions to the study and practice …