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Erin JordanErin Jordan is an investigative reporter who writes stories for newspaper, online and television. Previous to coming to the Gazette in 2010, Erin worked six years in the Des Moines Register’s Iowa City bureau. She enjoys filing Open Records requests and is persistent about getting information from sources across the state and country. Erin has written revelatory stories about underground pipelines, the nursing home industry, personalized medicine and the University of Iowa. A Des Moines native, Erin graduated from Iowa State University. |
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Iowa City’s United Action for Youth hires Omaha anti-gang advocate
IOWA CITY – The former director of an Omaha nonprofit devoted to gang intervention will be the new director of Iowa City’s United Action for Youth (UAY). The UAY board lauded Jannette Taylor’s success at fundraising, passion for youth development and leadership of Impact One, the anti-gang nonprofit Taylor founded in 2009. “It seems like [...]
At least three years left in 2008 flood recovery, Corridor officials say
On the road to flood recovery, sometimes we all feel like the kids in the backseat yelling, “Are we there yet?” Much has been accomplished in the five years since the Cedar River engulfed downtown Cedar Rapids and other eastern Iowa cities saw record floods. High water earlier this month tested flood repairs and mitigation [...]
Corps official: Costly Coralville Lake flood study may not be necessary
Federal budget cuts and a congressional ban on earmarks have hindered efforts to get funding for an Iowa reservoir study that officials say could reduce costly flooding. Although the Army Corps of Engineers proposed the $4.7 million study, a local Corps official calls the plan exorbitant and said it may not be necessary to change [...]
Investigators still probing possible tie between Klunder and Evansdale murders
Investigators are still probing whether Michael Klunder, a registered sex offender who authorities say kidnapped two central Iowa girls last month before hanging himself, was involved in the murders of two eastern Iowa cousins last year. “Investigators are still tracking his actions and whereabouts around the date of the disappearance and are sifting through information [...]
Local Boy Scout leaders say lifting gay scout ban is a good first step
Eastern Iowa Boy Scout leaders say a new national policy allowing openly gay scouts is an improvement over a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in place locally for more than a decade. The Boy Scouts of America voted May 23 to lift its ban on openly gay members, but will continue to prohibit gay leaders. [...]
Beefed up river gauge network helping with forecasts, planning
More information on river levels is flowing to the public thanks to more than 150 new gauges added to Iowa’s rivers and streams since the floods of 2008. Iowa’s river gauge network struggled in 2008 as debris disabled the devices or caused false readings. Too few gauges meant officials couldn’t tell how much water was [...]
Friend-built fortress to protect Bobbers in North Liberty
More than 100 people came out Saturday to build a 10-foot wall around Bobbers Grill at Scales Point campground and marina in North Liberty. “We’re not going to lose this place,” said Marcia Frauenholtz, who bought the restaurant with her husband and another couple a month ago. The restaurant was open for three weeks before [...]
English River recedes; Kalona ‘blessed this time’
Ralph Cooper took his grandson out in the motorboat earlier this week, cruising across his brother-in-law’s unplanted field covered with at least five feet of water from the nearby English River. The river crested at 19.5 feet early Tuesday, but the high water stuck around for several days, said Carolyn Cooper, 66. “Usually it goes [...]
Eastern Iowa river gauges working well, which means better forecasts
New Eastern Iowa river gauges added since 2008 are working well this week, which means the National Weather Service can develop better forecasts as Linn and Johnson counties prepare for major flooding, officials said. “We’ve actually been very satisfied with the way things are working,” said Jason McVay, a supervisory biologist with the United States [...]
