U.S. to Pay to Replace Flood-Damaged Buildings at U. of Iowa

Settling a dispute between federal agencies, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security decided Wednesday that it would provide $83 million in funds to help the University of Iowa rebuild three flood-damaged facilities on new sites, The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, reported. The Federal Emergency Management Agency had recommended the funds, but the Homeland Security agency's inspector general challenged the award in July, saying the buildings should have been repaired rather than rebuilt. But Homeland Security officials sided with FEMA on Wednesday. The Iowa campus was devastated by massive floods in 2008, and university officials have been counting on the federal funds as they have worked to rebuild the campus.