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Turns Out Iowa City's Burnt Landfill Waste Isn't Special. And that's a Good Thing: Iowa City Daily News Links, July 25
A quick rundown of local news.
That sub 100 degree weather is going to feel great later this week. Oh yeah!
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Another year, another RAGBRAI embarks.
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From this Site
We've kicked off our RAGBRAI coverage. We have a slideshow with photos from riders updating . Justin Torner has . RAGBRAI vet Brian Morelli also has his from the ride.
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Beth Dalbey of West Des Moines Patch wrote a nice story catching up with the woman in Iowa.
Here from the Prime Time League championship game.
We've launched our Readers' Choice reboot. for a variety of different categories.
In today's , an interview with University of Iowa President Sally Mason.
From Other Sites
Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette reports that the city got some good news regarding its landfill fire for once, news that could reduce the cost of cleanup by several millions of dollars.
Hayle Bruce of the Gazette writes that a longtime Iowa City synagogue, Agudas Achim, is prepping for its move to Coralville.
Alesha Crews of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the heat and dry conditions haven't slowed down the Johnson County Fair's attendance, but it may affect its fireworks show.
The woman who allegedly ran over and killed her friend in Iowa City a few months ago is asking for a change of venue for her trial writes Lee Hermiston of the Gazette.
This story isn't disturbing at all.
Double bacon corn dogs? Oh Iowa State Fair food. (Des Moines Register)
In a close presidential race the Obama campaign is looking to court subsets of voters like wind-energy advocates and Iowa Latinos to give it the edge (Des Moiens Register)
Daily Links Excerpt of the Day
City staffers believe the two-month-old fire is out on the majority of the 7.5-acre-section of a landfill cell in which it was contained, but it is burning in spots underneath a clay layer being used as a suppressant, Fosse said.
The city got some good news this week, though. Based on lab results, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said it is not classifying the material that has burned as a “special waste,” Fosse said. That means the city can dispose of it at the landfill rather than taking special precautions and trucking it elsewhere.
The city has estimated the fire, which started May 26, will cause $4 million to $6 million in damage. Fosse said the DNR decision should keep that at the low end, around $4 million to $5 million.
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