Joni Ernst talks flood mitigation in Butler County

Joni Ernst met with county officials and local mayors at the Butler County Courthouse Monday to discuss flood mitigation issues as part of her 99-county tour.

Ernst’s message? It’s important that families who were told they would receive follow-up are not forgotten.

Iowans are self-sufficient. They don’t make big headlines sitting and waiting for FEMA to clean up their towns.

“We have a ‘fake FEMA’ with community and church groups helping neighbors clean up. We have a redneck Red Cross in Iowa with neighbors helping neighbors. Other states are not that way,” Ernst said.

Read the full story in the October 18 edition.