Fifteen of Iowa’s electric cooperatives sent 46 linemen and more than two dozen vehicles Monday morning to Georgia to help restore power in the aftermath of Hurricane-turned-Tropical Storm Irma.The workers could be in Georgia for two weeks or more, the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives said in a statement.The Okefenoke Rural Electric Membership Corp.

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