DES MOINES, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch/KCRG) – Summit Carbon Solutions announced Wednesday it is altering the route of its proposed pipeline across Iowa to help “accelerate progress” on the project. In a new filing submitted to the Iowa Utilities Commission for approval, the company indicates it intends to move segments of the pipeline’s proposed route, which the company says will result in fewer miles of land, and fewer landowners, being affected by the project. If approved, the changes would remove previously planned routes through Shelby, Pottawattamie, Montgomery, Adams, Page, Fremont, Mitchell and Worth counties, while also reducing the miles of pipeline running through Crawford, Floyd, Sioux and Dickinson counties. Overall, Summit said, the changes would reduce by more than 400 the number of different landowners affected by the pipeline, and would reduce the overall scope of the project by approximately 200 miles. In June 2024, the Iowa Utilities Commission approved a permit for Summit Carbon Solutions to build more than 600 miles of a carbon sequestration pipeline in Iowa, with the condition that the company gain permits in the Dakotas before beginning construction. Last fall, after South Dakota denied Summit a permit and passed a law barring the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines, Summit filed a petition with the IUC to amend its approved permit by removing the condition that required approval in the Dakotas and by adding add several modifications to the company’s plans. Summit said Wednesday that its pipeline project will remain tied to what it called “a strong core group of ethanol facilities,” including 27 that are located in Iowa. As part of the proposed route restructuring, the company will no longer pursue routes to ethanol facilities tied to Absolute Energy, POET Corning, POET Hanlontown, or Green Plains Shenandoah.
CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. (KCRG) – The teenager accused of injuring five bystanders in a shooting at the Iowa City Ped Mall waived extradition at his court appearance Wednesday. Damarian Jones, 17, from Cedar Rapids, was arrested Monday. He was on the run for nearly a month when the United States Marshals Service apprehended him at Southern Suites hotel in Forest Park, Georgia, south of Atlanta. He is currently being held without bond in the Clayton County Jail in Georgia until he is picked up to be taken back to Iowa City. Jones faces five counts of attempted murder, three counts of willful injury assault causing serious injury, two counts of willful injury assault causing bodily injury and going armed with intent. Officials have 30 days to move Jones out of the Georgia jail.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) – Four people, including a toddler and teenager, were injured in a Black Hawk County collision Tuesday afternoon, with two airlifted to Iowa City. Black Hawk County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 63 and Cedar Wapsi Road at 2:54 p.m. This is north of Waterloo. According to the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, a Chevrolet van heading west on Cedar Wapsi Road stopped at the stop sign, then continued through the intersection. A Nissan Altima heading south on Highway 63 approached the intersection when the van failed to yield. The Nissan hit the van’s passenger side, sending both vehicles to rest in the southwest corner of the intersection. The Nissan driver had to be mechanically extricated from the vehicle. The driver, along with two passengers, a teenager and a toddler, were taken to a local hospital. The Chevrolet driver was also taken to a local hospital. The Nissan driver and the toddler were airlifted to Iowa City by helicopter due to the severity of their injuries. The Chevrolet driver and the teenage Nissan passenger remain hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC/KCRG) – Eight people were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at two Davenport restaurants. ICE officials said the people were arrested on April 22 as part of an ongoing investigation into immigration violations and other related offenses. Scott County Sheriff Tim Lane said the operations were conducted at Izumi and Jiang’s Hot Pot & BBQ restaurants. Lane said ICE did not contact the sheriff’s office before coming to the area. The Davenport Police Department said it was not contacted before the operation but was notified by federal authorities as it began. Officials did not say where those arrested are being held.
