(Radio Iowa) — Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds returned to northwest Iowa Monday to check on the progress of disaster recovery after historic flooding hit early this summer.
She first toured Correctionville in Woodbury County with Mayor Ken Bauer (BOW-er) and said things were off to a good start. Mayor Bauer is still trying to calculate the total cost to his community and says recovery is going to take time and they’re moving as fast as they can. Reynolds also stopped in Rock Valley, where city leaders say more than 140 homes are beyond repair.
Reynolds says the state asked FEMA to cover 100 percent of the cost of the flood but is only going to get 75 percent. State and local governments will have to cover the rest.
