MidAmerican Energy Sends Crews To East Coast
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa power company has sent help to restore power to the East Coast, which has been slammed by three powerful winter storms in the span of two weeks.
MidAmerican Energy of Des Moines sent 78 employees to Rye, New York, late last week to help utility crews restore power after recent major winter storms left 200,000 people without electricity.
MidAmerican Energy’s response followed New York-based energy company Con Edison’s mutual aid request.
MidAmerican Energy sent caravans of 62 lineworkers and 16 support staff from across its service area to help repair infrastructure and restore electrical service.
Deadline Passes For Candidates To File For Nominations
(Des Moines) — Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline has passed and we now know which candidates for statehouse, statewide and congressional offices submitted the paperwork required to have their names placed on June Primary ballots.
There’s a minimum number of petition signatures from Iowans that must be collected for each office a candidate is seeking. Third district congressional candidate Theresa Greenfield fired her campaign manager when he admitted he forged some of the signatures on her petitions, which were filed earlier this week. Greenfield and a crew of supporters made an almost literal 11th hour dash Friday. They collected signatures from residents in each of the 16 counties in the third congressional district and submit them just before the filing deadline. In addition to Greenfield, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Corbett and first district congressional candidate Courtney Rowe, a Democrat, submitted their petitions Friday afternoon. Corbett’s came in just an hour before the deadline. The secretary of state’s staff will review the petitions from those three candidates on Monday. They’ll determine if those candidate met the paperwork requirements. The NEXT deadline in this process is next Friday, the 23rd. Rival campaigns and private citizens have until then to review the petitions from all the candidates and challenge any signatures that appear suspect. ANNOUNCER OUT: Go to www.radioiowa.com to see a list of all the candidates who submitted petitions to run in the Republican, Democratic and Libertarian Party Primaries on June 5th. The list notes which candidates are incumbents. It also notes the district where an incumbent is not seeking reelection.
Iowa City Parks To Implement Controlled Burn
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Controlled prairie burns have been scheduled this month for Ryerson’s Woods and Wetherby Park in Iowa City.
Officials say park users should expect partial closures during the burns, scheduled to take place through the end of March.
A comprehensive burn plan was prepared and approved by the Iowa City Fire Department. Considerations will be made for wind direction and required weather conditions. Privately-owned land areas and structures will be protected, and fire breaks will be established along all sides of the burn area.
Officials say seasonal burning of native vegetation in Iowa promotes species diversity, habitat and suppression of invasive species.
