Obstacle after obstacle delays much-needed south Iowa reservoir as water supply dwindles
Osceola and the surrounding region need a new water source, but the city has hit repeated delays. Officials suspect the origins lie in state politics.
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Osceola and the surrounding region need a new water source, but the city has hit repeated delays. Officials suspect the origins lie in state politics.
Bleeding Heartland Thursday, Apr 29 2021 Officials in the Iowa Department of Public Safety and the governor’s office decided during the summer of 2020 to install a permanent fence around the Terrace Hill mansion in Des Moines, records obtained by Bleeding Heartland show. The documents don’t reveal, nor did state officials clarify, whether Governor Kim Reynolds or her staff pushed for added security around the governor’s official residence. The records also don’t explain the timing of the decision to move forward with a plan that had been floated years earlier, according to the agency...