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Muscatine surplus items on the auction block

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine is conducting another Public Surplus Auction of items declared as surplus by the Muscatine City Council. The Department of Public Works will conduct the on-line surplus auction through November 7, 2022. 

All items are available to bid on through the auction web site www.publicsurplus.com starting October 24, 2022, and running through 3 p.m. on November 7, 2022. Potential buyers can go to that website, search for Iowa, and then City of Muscatine for the auction items. You must register to view items and to bid on items.

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Muscatine ambulances taking long way to serve in Ukraine

MUSCATINE, Iowa – Two surplus Muscatine ambulances were scheduled to be in Ukraine but the necessities of supporting the war effort in Ukraine had other priorities. The two ambulances are currently in transport to the East Coast where they will be loaded onto a cargo ship that will depart on July 3.

The two ambulances were scheduled to be loaded onto a cargo plane and flown to Poland, but those plans changed when other military and humanitarian supplies filled the cargo plane.

Gary Ronzheimer, Battalion Chief for the Muscatine Fire Department, said that a third Muscatine ambulance will be retired as soon as its replacement arrives. Once that third ambulance is declared surplus, it will be donated and transported to Ukraine.

The organization US Ambulances for Ukraine announced that nine ambulances have been donated with five currently in Ukraine, two in transit, and two being prepped. Seven more are pledged.

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