City Staff to Share Report on Controversial Flood Recommendation Next Week: Iowa City Daily News Links, Oct. 19

Penn State tomorrow night. As usual, can't wait to see how Kinnick looks under the lights!

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Lee Hermiston of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the city staff is finally going to give its opinion on a controversial flood plan delivered by a city-hired consultant. What's the verdict? You're going to have to wait until next week.

Mitchell Schmidt of the Press-Citizen writes that defeated county auditor Tom Slockett is under scrutiny again, this time for a $62,000 equipment purchase.

In the trial of a law professor who claimed she was turned down by the University of Iowa due to her political affiliation, the law school counterclaims that she received an "F" on one of her job interviews, disqualifying her for the position. (Press-Citizen)

The former Johnson County Supervisor candidate killed by Van Buren County Deputies Tuesday had some recent run-ins with the law and was taking several medications. (Press-Citizen)

Des Moines Register has some nice Bruce Springsteen performance pictures up from his visit to Ames.

Two Iowa point guard recruits are ready to duke it out for playing time. So excited for Hawkeye basketball season!

74 adults accused of sexual molestation that were among a larger group expelled from the Boy Scouts since 1947 have Iowa ties. (Press-Citizen)

The Iowa Defensive Line, a pleasant surprise for the football team this year, is starting to pull it together. (Sioux City Journal)

A tongue-in-cheek event looks to exorcise the Iowa Running Back Hating God. Hopefully they will bless Mark Weisman's ailing ankle.

Little Village has some suggested events for you to check out this weekend.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Public Works Director Rick Fosse said Thursday that city staff will present the report from HDR Engineering, which explores flood mitigation options for the Idyllwild-Taft Speedway-Parkview Church neighborhood, to the City Council during its work session Tuesday. Fosse said city staff likely will make a recommendation about how the council should proceed with preventing future flooding in the area, but declined to say Thursday what that recommendation will be.

“I’ll wait until the meeting,” Fosse said. 

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