{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/iowa-to-receive-over-91-million-in-fema-funding-for-emergency-warning-systems-property-acquisitions", "Iowa to Receive Over $9.1 Million in FEMA Funding for Emergency Warning Systems, Property Acquisitions", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA \u2013 U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed an announcement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that Iowa will receive over $9.1 million in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funding to support local communities through property acquisitions, emergency warning systems and other projects. The funding will benefit Iowans in the following counties: Dallas, Emmet, Jasper, Polk, Sioux and Woodbury.\n\n\u201cIowans are no strangers to severe weather,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cThis new FEMA funding will help these communities continue to recover and be better prepared for future storms. In Washington, I\u2019ll keep fighting to ensure Iowa gets the resources needed to rebuild and recover.\u201d\n\nThe awards are:\n\nDallas County Emergency Management Agency: $469,498.18 to fund warning and alert systems.\n\nJasper County: $433,851.10 to fund warning and alert systems.\n\nCity of Redfield: $193,800 to fund generators and emergency power.\n\nCity of Urbandale: $3,354,325.16 to fund the acquisition and demolition of six residential properties damaged by flooding.\n\nCity of Urbandale: $74,540.56 to fund the subrecipient management costs for the City of Urbandale to acquire and demolish six residential properties damaged by flooding.\n\nCity of Grimes: $357,695.25 to fund property acquisition as a result of severe storms, flooding, straight-line winds and tornadoes.\n\nCity of Estherville: $133,600 to fund property acquisitions, elevations, mitigation reconstruction and floodproofing.\n\nCity of Correctionville: $673,784.83 to fund property acquisition, elevations, mitigation reconstruction and floodproofing.\n\nSioux County: $1,645,275 to fund the acquisition of five residential structures that were substantially damaged by flooding.\n\nSioux County: $36,561.70 to fund the subrecipient management costs to acquire five residential structures.\n\nSioux County: $1,120,762.50 to fund the acquisition of two residential structures that were damaged by flooding.\n\nSioux County: $74,717.50 to fund subrecipient management costs to acquire two residential structures damaged by flooding.\n\nIowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management: $542,509.13 to fund management costs due to severe storms.", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/iowa-to-receive-over-91-million-in-fema-funding-for-emergency-warning-systems-property-acquisitions"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.7128619365394115, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}