RESIDENTS IN 10 ADDITIONAL COUNTIES DAMAGED BY THE AUGUST 10TH DERECHO HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SUPPORT. BENTON, CEDAR, MARSHALL, POWESHIEK, AND TAMA COUNTIES ARE AMONG THE AREAS NOW COVERED. INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THOSE PLACES CAN APPLY FOR HELP FROM FEMA THROUGH THE AGENCY’S INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. IT REIMBURSES COSTS FOR HOUSING, PERSONAL PROPERTY REPLACEMENT, AND MEDICAL EXPENSES. LINN COUNTY HAD ALREADY QUALIFIED FOR THE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
CORN WILL LIKELY HAVE TO BE LEFT IN SOME FIELDS DAMAGED BY THE DERECHO. BASED ON THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE AND THE ASSESSMENTS OF CROP INSURERS, THAT IMPACT OF THE STORM COULD HAVE EFFECTS WHICH LAST INTO THE 2021 GROWING SEASON. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRONOMY PROFESSOR MARK LICHT TALKED ABOUT ONE MITIGATION STRATEGY. HEAR MORE FROM LICHT AT KXEL.COM.
SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ARE PLANNING TO MAKE THEMSELVES CONSPICUOUS ON THE WATER DURING THE COMING HOLIDAY WEEKEND. SEVERAL GROUPS ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ORGANIZE POLITICALLY-THEMED BOAT PARADES ON THE CORALVILLE RESERVOIR AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER. OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS HAVE BEEN HELD ELSEWHERE IN IOWA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.
CORN STALKS SNAPPED BY THE AUGUST 10TH DERECHO WILL NOT RECOVER. ACCORDING TO IOWA STATE PROFESSOR MARK LICHT, THAT LEAVES FARMERS WITH SOME CHALLENGES IF THEY ATTEMPT TO HARVEST THOSE FIELDS. LICHT SAYS EAR MOLDS CAN RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOXINS. HE ENCOURAGES MONITORING FOR THOSE CHANGES IN STORM-DAMAGED FIELDS.
IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SPOKE YESTERDAY ABOUT HOW THE STATE’S MANUFACTURERS BENEFIT FROM EXPORTS DURING A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH TRADE REPRESENTATIVES INVOLVED IN CREATING THE U.S.-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT. THE VIRTUAL DISCUSSION WAS SPONSORED BY THE IOWA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. REYNOLDS ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IOWA AG EXPORTS TO MEXICO AND CANADA.
IF YOU’RE NOT A HUNTER BUT ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING VENISON THIS WINTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS A NEW SERVICE WHICH MAY INTEREST YOU. THE DNR INTRODUCED AN ONLINE DEER EXCHANGE TUESDAY. THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE THE MEAT CAN CONNECT WITH HUNTERS TO WORK OUT SPECIFICS ABOUT QUANTITY AND TYPE. THE DNR NOTES THAT IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL VENISON IN IOWA.
MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE PRODUCTS WHICH IOWA PRODUCES FOR OTHER COUNTRIES GO TO CANADA AND MEXICO. WITH THAT IN MIND, IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS TALKED ABOUT TRADE TUESDAY DURING AN IOWA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION. THE U.S.-MEXICO-CANADA TRADE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT FOR TWO MONTHS. IT REPLACED THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT, AND REYNOLDS SAYS USMCA MAKES IT EASIER FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.
IOWA CITY COULD SPEND AS MUCH AS 50 THOUSAND DOLLARS LOOKING INTO THE USE OF TEAR GAS DURING PROTESTS THIS SUMMER. AN OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IOWA CITY POLICE USED TEAR GAS DURING A JUNE 3RD DEMONSTRATION AS PROTESTERS WERE MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD INTERSTATE 80. THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF 2020.
THE IOWA STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL WEAR A JERSEY PATCH HIGHLIGHTING JACK TRICE THIS SEASON. TRICE WAS I-S-U’S FIRST BLACK STUDENT-ATHLETE AND DIED FROM INJURIES IN A 1923 GAME. THE SCHOOL’S FOOTBALL STADIUM HAS BEEN NAMED FOR TRICE SINCE 1997. THE AMES FACILITY IS THE ONLY ONE IN BIG-TIME COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAMED FOR AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.
