Across much of the Midwest there is flooding over literally thousands of square miles and hundreds, if not thousands, of homes flooded. The memories of Hurricane Katrina and its devastation do sort of make you wonder: Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods? ...more

June 26, 2008

The faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the swollen waterway had apparently started to hit its high point. ...more

June 23, 2008

With communities in the Midwest still underwater, Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday criticized Republican John McCain for opposing federal spending on flood prevention programs and opened a new debate in the White House race. ...more

June 22, 2008

Is everything spinning out of control? Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism. ...more

June 22, 2008

The flooding in the Midwest has brought freight traffic on the upper Mississippi to a standstill, stranding more than 100 barges loaded with grain, cement, scrap metal, fertilizer and other products while shippers wait for the water to drop. ...more

June 21, 2008

Even before the Iowa River used Oakville as a shortcut to the Mississippi, there wasn't much there: A post office, a convenience store, a tavern and a little restaurant. ...more

June 19, 2008

The federal government predicts that 27 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River if the weather forecast is on the mark and a massive sandbagging effort fails to raise the level of the levees, according to a map obtained Monday by The Associated Press. ...more

June 17, 2008

Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000. ...more

June 14, 2008

While eating lunch the other day, a fellow staff member remarked that he could not wait to get his $600 from the government. The statement caught my attention, so I responded, "What are you going to do with it, spend it?" ...more

February 26, 2008

Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering - including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. ...more

January 10, 2008