Delay in Iowa levee project annoys residents

Published: July 1, 2010
Tags: Birdland neighborhood, dam, Des Moines Public Works, Des Moines River, Eagle Iron Works, flood risk, Saylorville Lake, spillway, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Melanie S. Welte AP Writer Des Moines, IA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers slowly released water from a bloated reservoir into a river that winds toward Des Moines and a vulnerable levee protecting a downtown neighborhood Thursday. Tom Heinold, an Army Corps flood risk management coordinator, said the engineers began lowering panels from [...]