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The Clay County Extension and Outreach Office is doing their part to connect Iowa residents with flood related resources

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July 15, 2024

The Clay County Extension and Outreach Office is doing their part to connect Iowa residents with flood related resources

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) -When the flooding hit Spencer and the rest of Northwest Iowa, it posed a challenge for the Clay County Extension and Outreach office to find their role within the disaster. With their new, and spacious office, they were able to open their doors to local organizations who were also providing relief to Spencer residents. And their generosity allowed organizations to carry on like normal, however, they have made the largest impact through their connection to Iowa State University.

“Our state has put together a great website of flooding resources,” says Ben Pullen, Senior Field Manager for Iowa 4H. “It’s a one stop shop if you go to the Iowa State extension website. It’s the first thing you see on the top of the page. So, you click on that, and it has resources that are available for people for their homes, for businesses, as well as for farms”

It you prefer a more personal conversation; the Iowa concern line may be a better option for you.

“Whatever is keeping you up at night, those questions, you can call the Iowa Concern Line, and they will connect you with experts that can help provide you information. They can connect you with counselor for someone who can talk to you about the stress that you’re facing, can connect you with legal resources to help you with whatever is keeping you up at night, explains Pullen.

To visit the Clay County Extension and Outreach website, follow this link.

Iowa Concern Line: 800-447-1985

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Davenport, Iowa, resident earns national Corps of Engineers award

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July 15, 2024

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Davenport, Iowa, resident earns national Corps of Engineers award

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in Washington, D.C., selected Mark Cornish of Davenport, Iowa, as the recipient of its 2023 Civil Works Planning Excellence Award for his work on the Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage project.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters in Washington, D.C., selected Mark Cornish of Davenport, Iowa, as the recipient of its 2023 Civil Works Planning Excellence Award for his work on the Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage project.

Cornish works for the Corps’ St. Paul District as a senior biologist and technical specialist but sits in the Corps’ Rock Island District. His award involved his contribution and leadership to develop the first large-scale fish passage structure on the navigable portion of the Upper Mississippi River. Cornish and the project team developed and started executing a complex and critical monitoring and adaptive management plan at the site.

The Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage project, located near Saverton, Missouri, will create a nature-like fishway that could pass more than 160 different species of fish. Because it is the first fishway on the Mississippi, scientific monitoring has been essential to better understand fish behavior in large rivers and capture lessons learned that will improve future projects.

“Mark’s technical leadership on teams leads to water resources decisions that are innovative, environmentally sound, and fully collaborated with other agencies and partners,” said Terry Birkenstock, chief of the

Corps of Engineers Regional Planning and Environment Division North, and Cornish’s supervisor. “He embodies what planning excellence looks like with his ability to bring partners and stakeholders together towards a common vision and drive projects forward with a trust and credibility earned by not only his technical excellence but also his past actions.”

Cornish earned a bachelor’s of science in fisheries and wildlife biology from Iowa State University and a master’s of science in biology from Western Illinois University. He began his career with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources working as an aquaculturist and field technician at the Fairport Fish Hatchery. He moved to the Corps of Engineers in 1998, where he has worked as a biologist ever since. He has worked on numerous water resources project teams and has authored environmental compliance documents, journal articles and policy in support of the navigation, ecosystem restoration and environmental stewardship programs on the Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway.

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Iowa GOP chair to tout Caucuses in speech nominating Trump – Radio Iowa

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July 15, 2024

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Iowa GOP chair to tout Caucuses in speech nominating Trump – Radio Iowa

by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 15, 2024

Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann on the “Iowa Press” set earlier this year. (Iowa PBS photo)

Later today the chairman of the Iowa GOP is scheduled to give the speech to formally nominate Donald Trump for a second term as president.

Iowa Republican Party chairman Jeff Kaufmann spoke with Radio Iowa a few hours after the shooting at Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania. Kaufmann said today’s speech was written last week and he isn’t changing it. “I think it’s more important that my message does not change,” Kaufmann said. “I think I need to say what I was always going to say.”

Kaufmann plans to emphasize the role the Iowa Caucuses play in choosing a nominee. “I’m going to talk about Iowa being first in the nation and starting a process,” Kaufmann said. “I’m going to talk about why we need a change. I’m going to talk about why President Trump is the answer to what this country needs.”

Kaufmann and Iowa politicians from both political parties issued statements after Saturday’s assassination attempt and said political violence is never the answer. Kaufmann learned of the shooting as he was leaving a gathering of Henry County Republicans in Mount Pleasant Saturday and his initial reaction was disbelief.

“People ought to be able to go to a Trump rally, they ought to be able to go to a Biden speech, they ought to go any place, anywhere, any time and not even think if their life is going to be in danger,” Kaufmann said.

Listen to Radio Iowa’s interview with Kaufmann on Saturday and read this weekend’s statements from Iowa’s political community here.

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Iowa’s Brody Brecht taken 38th overall in 2024 MLB Draft

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July 14, 2024

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Iowa’s Brody Brecht taken 38th overall in 2024 MLB Draft

Ankeny native and former Hawkeye wide receiver taken by Colorado Rockies

Iowa’s Brody Brecht (14) throws to first after fielding a bunt during a game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Michigan State Spartans at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, Iowa on Sunday, May 14, 2023. The Hawkeyes defeated the Spartans 5-1 to sweep the three game series. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

CEDAR RAPIDS – Brody Brecht turned out to be a high-round Major League Baseball draft pick. Just not a first-round MLB draft pick.

The University of Iowa pitcher was selected Sunday night by the Colorado Rockies in the Competitive Balance-A Round, 38th overall.

The right-hander from Ankeny is the highest-drafted player at Iowa under head coach Rick Heller.

Brecht went 4-3 with a 3.33 earned run average this past season in 15 starts. He struck out 128 hitters in 78 1/3 innings.

The 21-year-old, 6-foot-4 junior went to Iowa as both a baseball and football player, playing wide receiver in football. But he eventually quit the football team and put his full efforts into baseball.

Brecht generally was considered a first-round pick by most experts, ranked 21st overall by MLB.com, because he can throw a 100-mile-per-hour fastball, has a wipeout slider and high upside because he never has concentrated on baseball. But his pitch command has been suspect, and he really right now is strictly a fastball-slider pitcher.

That apparently was enough to slide him out of the first round.

“Movement patterns really get affected in Coors Field,” said MLB Network draft analyst Dan O’Dowd, a former big league general manager. “But he doesn’t have tremendous movement patterns. But the one pitch that does work there is a hard, late tunnel slider, which he has. I love the durability of the body there. It’s a body that is built to give innings or a body built to pitch the ninth inning for them.“

The MLB assigned dollar amount on Brecht’s 38th-overall pick is $2.45 million. That doesn’t mean he’ll sign for that amount, as players and teams can bargain, considering each team has a specified amount of money it can use on all of its draft pick.

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