Buyout looking less likely for Oakville residents - Assessor recommends buyout in Jefferson Township. By JOHN MANGALONZO jmangalonzo@thehawkeye.com WAPELLO -- There may be a buyout in Louisa County, but chances are it will not be in Oakville.

New Flood Worries In Some Mo. Towns - "CBS News RAW:" After a series of devastating floods in many portions of Iowa, Governor Chet Culver says that the damage to cities such as Cedar Rapids has reached billions of dollars.

N.O. volunteers bring knowledge, compassion to Iowa victims - Standing near a mound of rotting floorboards and door frames outside his home near the Cedar River, Steve Aldrich shouted to the volunteers who had driven 1,000 miles to muck out his finished basement and carve ...

Cedar Rapids barricades some streets due to flooding - "It's looking like a widespread half-inch, with some localized areas of up to an inch, but there's still some uncertainty as to the location" Barricades went up along some low-lying Cedar Rapids streets late tonight as snow melt pushed the Cedar River out of its banks. via The Gazette

Flooding, road rage and oil drilling - Once again nature has its way, but the flooding in areas of Iowa that haven't seen water that high in hundreds of years, if ever, was heartbreaking, especially for those of us raised in the Hawkeye State.