By Edward Lynn Editor EAGLE GROVE, Iowa — The city’s two-phase North Lift Station and collection system overhaul is moving forward with grant funding, an
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South Dakota Governor Signs Eminent Domain Ban on Carbon Pipelines
By:Â Joshua Haiar South Dakota Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden announced Thursday that he signed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines,
Many Iowa Rivers are Brimming with Nitrate
Des Moines Water Works Activated its nitrate removal system last week by Jared Strong Nitrate contamination of Iowa’s rivers has surged in recent weeks amid
Rocket Science!
There’s an old joke about teaching that goes, “it’s not rocket science” – except sometimes, it is! Fifth graders in Mr. Omvig’s class made “fizzing
More Than Half of Iowa’s Tested Streams and Lakes Are ‘Impaired’
There are at least 721 water body segments in Iowa that do not meet water quality standards for recreation, public water supplies and the protection
Expansion of Ethanol Plants and Pipeline Routes Impact Water Availability
To the Editor, Plans to expand ethanol plants and pipeline routes across Iowa seem to ignore the fact that we are still locked in a
Miles of a northwest Iowa river have been pumped dry
A significant stretch of a northwest Iowa river has run dry several times in the past seven years as a rural water utility has pumped
Iowa’s drought nears worst in 9 years
The state’s drought continues to worsen amid dismal rainfall and is now the worst it’s been in more than two years, according to the U.S.
Iowa has potential first infection by brain-eating amoeba
A Missouri resident who recently swam at Lake of Three Fires in southwest Iowa is infected by a brain-eating amoeba that is highly lethal, according
