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City of Estherville Awarded FEMA Grant

(Washington, D.C.)—The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced the city of Estherville will receive funding from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

 

The city of Estherville will receive $133,600 to fund property acquisitions, elevations, mitigation reconstruction and flood proofing.

 

Elsewhere in northwest Iowa, Sioux County was awarded funding including $2.7  million for the acquisition of seven  residential structures that were damaged by flooding;  and about $110,000 to fund the sub-recipient management costs to acquire those structures.

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