The washer and dryer are still in Larry Whetsel’s living room, where they landed after floating out of his kitchen. The water line left by the Missouri River, across the warped, cracked walls, is level with his shoulders. Pieces of ...

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After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to help buy a moveable floodwall ...

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is facing an unexpected challenge in meeting the needs of the many people affected by this spring’s widespread flooding and violent storms: a strong economy. Tasked with responding to natural disasters that seem ever more ...

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If severe flooding does occur, it could create hardships for some property owners, but it might also help the city win its argument with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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St. Charles officials are concerned about flooding, but in a different way. They are more concerned about what areas the federal government thinks will flood than they are about actual flooding.

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The Economic Development Center of St. Charles County in January will open its 16-month Graduate School of Entrepreneurship to the general public. Each monthly class lasts three hours. The first class is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m., Jan. 20, ...

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Several hundred people turned out last week at St. Charles West High School to determine if the federal government now says their homes are located in the 100-year floodplain, and whether there is anything they can do about it. The ...

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A three-hour open house to discuss flood risk is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. this Tuesday in rooms 115-116 of the St. Charles County Administration Building, 201 N. Second Street in St. Charles. The county is encouraging property owners, ...

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