Personnel updates for April 15, 2022 to April 28, 2022
New Hires
Michael Belowske, highway technician associate, Davenport garage
Matthew Bergman, highway technician associate, Denison garage
Brandon Bollmeyer, highway technician associate, Sioux City – Leeds garage
Austin Burnham, highway technician, Tama garage
Jeremy Corson, highway technician associate, Marshalltown garage
Logan Frazier, highway technician associate, Williams garage
Douglas Hoksbergen, highway technician associate, Albia garage
Tyler Means, highway technician associate, Red Oak garage
Garrett Meinecke, highway technician associate, Perry garage
Raymond Taylor, highway technician associate, Williams garage
Matt Trimble, highway technician, Waterloo garage
Tanner Voss, highway technician associate, Davenport garage
Brandon Weis, mechanic, Denison garage
Cole Williams, highway technician associate, Burlington garage
Promotions
Robert Ferdig, from highway technician associate to highway technician, Sioux City – Leeds garage
Russell Helle, from highway technician senior to construction technician senior, Manchester construction
Travis Knox, from highway technician to highway technician senior, De Soto garage
Kyle Perkins, from information technology specialist 5 to information technology administrator 2, Highway Support
Michael Peterson, from driver & identification service center specialist to driver & identification service center consultant, Ames driver’s license service center
Brian Schmitz, from highway technician associate to highway technician senior, Waterloo garage
Brian Stelken, from construction technician senior to engineering technician senior, Manchester construction
Other personnel matters
David Sperfslage, construction technician senior, Cedar Rapids construction to Manchester construction (Intra-agency transfer)
Retirements
Michael Keys, highway technician associate, Waterloo garage
These trees (mostly ash trees) are being removed because many are dead due to the Emerald Ash Borer and the others are at risk. This area was planted in the 1990s and many of the trees and shrubs that are not Ash have become overgrown and are actually causing more drifting in the area during snowstorms. We’re learned a lot about what works/doesn’t work with roadside planting in the last 30 years, so we’ll be working to remove the dead/dying plants and then will come back in and replant new living snowfence.
Posted by: Tracey Bramble (Iowa DOT) | 05/11/2022 at 07:01 AM
I have a question. Why do I see what seems like miles of cut down trees and shrubs along I-35 north of Des Moines?
Posted by: Jim Sterba | 05/10/2022 at 05:32 PM