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August 10, 2020 Derecho Windstorm Info from Benton County EMA
This past week has been particularly trying for Benton County citizens, government and emergency responders. The devastating Derecho Windstorm left 90% of Benton County without power and at least...
Reynolds formally requests expedited Presidential Major Disaster Declaration
Gov. Kim Reynolds formally requested an expedited Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for Iowa communities and counties that have been severely impacted by the devastating derecho storm that occur...
Benton County Derecho Storm Resource Group opens in Downtown Vinton
The old yogurt shop, the former Clingman Pharmacy or 200 W 4th St in Vinton is the location of the new site specifically [st] up for the Benton County Derecho Storm Resource Group. At this time ...
Shellsburg Trailer Park Hit by Storm
Everyone knows that a trailer is no place to be in the event that a tornado hits, but it's also not the place to be in the case of a derecho, which is what we had last Monday. I talked briefly wi... Food replacement assistance available for low income residents
For those that have lost food due to the disaster that affected our area last week, there may be assistance available at this link. According to the DHS website, the application deadline is Septe...
V-S to delay the first day of school due to storm damage/Facemasks required
The first day of school will be August 31st. This is due to the storm damage throughout the district.We will utilize the built-in snow days on January 18th, February 15th, April 6th, and Friday, May 2...
Benton County Disaster Coalition Seeking Funds to Help Disaster Impacted Familie
The Benton County Disaster Recovery Coalition is seeking monetary donations to assist families impacted by the August 10th storm. The Coalition responds to multi-dwelling disasters to assist families ...
Mediacom reports fiber cuts, service down but iVinton passes "stress test"
At Tuesday evening's VMCU (Vinton Municipal Communications Utilities) meeting, Dave Fridley of Farr Technologies gave an [upd] on the condition of the iVinton project. During the building of iVinton t...
Burn ban in place for Shellsburg
From the city of Shellsburg: Please share as much of our posts as possible. Not everyone has access to Facebook, if you can relay the messages to your neighbors, family and friends. Current burn ban ...
Storm Damage continues to affect Benton County Residents (Video Link)
Wednesday evening, I took a trip to Van Horne, Keystone and Newhall to capture the damage to those areas. Devastating. Disastrous.Catastrophic. Any of these words sum up the destruction in the souther...