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Ames Tribune
A fire earlier this year in an Iowa State University building may cost the university up to $3.75 million to clean and repair after, an ISU official told an Iowa Board of Regents committee on Wednesday.
A fire broke out early in the morning Feb. 22 in a custodial closet on the first floor of Ross Hall a seven-story, 48-year-old building of approximately 86,000 square feet.
There were no injuries reported, but firefighters found when they arrived that the entire first floor was enveloped in dark smoke that was heavy enough for there to be zero visibility, according to a news release from the City of Ames and Ames Fire Department at the time.
Ames Tribune
Iowa State University plans to end two things when it comes to the study or use of energy, but one loss eliminating the use of coal on campus would be considered a good thing, from the university s perspective.
Pam Cain, ISU s senior vice president for operations and finance, told the Iowa Board of Regents Property and Facilities Committee on Wednesday that the university wants to spend $16 million to replace the two remaining coal-fired boilers at the university power plant with natural gas-fired boilers.
The university completed a $42 million conversion project in 2016 that replaced three of the five coal-fired boilers with ones fueled by natural gas, and received consent approval from the committee Wednesday for the last two boilers.
State board votes 3-2 to block University of Iowa hospitals plans for a North Liberty campus
Ultimately, the board sided with other providers in the area, including Mercy Iowa City, Mercy Cedar Rapids and UnityPoint Health, whose leaders decried the proposal as unnecessary and a threat to their businesses.
Iowa City Press-Citizen
A state council rejected an application by the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics on Wednesday, effectively putting a halt to its plans for a $230 million campus in North Liberty. We haven t decided what s next, UIHC CEO Suresh Gunasekaran said after the decision was announced, but we are exploring ways to move forward with the project.