From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Nearly 120 Iowa National Guard Soldiers will head to Washington D.C. this July to help with celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the United States. Soldiers will be there for six months, working alongside D.C. National Guard members and others from across the country. They will mainly assist with security support, traffic and crowd management, logistics, communications and transportation assistance.
Work officially got underway on a school expansion project in eastern Iowa. Center Point-Urbana Community School District broke ground on upgrades that will focus heavily on campus security, with new secure entrances at the middle and high schools. Once the baseball and softball seasons finish, the softball team will get a new field, and work can start on upgrades to the baseball field. Work will be done in phases, coming after the community passed a bond back in November. When Phase 2 begins next year, it will include projects like a new auditorium.
No charges will be filed in connection to a crash at an Ankeny school pickup line. Police say nine children were hurt when a 76-year-old driver struck them in the pickup line of St. Luke the Evangelist catholic School. Investigators say the driver accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake while approaching the pickup line. No criminal charges are being filed, and all children hurt are out of the hospital.
Coe College received new federal authorization that allows its aviation students get into the airline industry quicker. The college calls it a landmark endorsement from the FAA. Coe College students can qualify for certification with as few as 1,000 flight hours—500 hours less than the standard requirement. Coe says the accelerated pathway lets aviation graduates begin their careers as early as 21 years of age.
Dubuque city leaders say they will work out an ordinance as they review a developer’s request regarding a proposed data center. City manager Mike Van MIlligen says an interested developer contacted the city. This comes after the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors approved a year-long moratorium on data centers Tuesday. Van Milligen says any data center coming to the Dubuque area would first require zoning approval from the City Council.
