REGIONAL—Two years after damaging floodwaters swept into Hawarden, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced the approval of $289,980 to fund the acquisition of two of the properties included in its application to fund buyouts of residential properties through FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
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