Des Moines Register: Des Moines Water Works CEO Ted Corrigan is closely watching Iowa’s growing drought conditions, concerned about falling water levels in the Raccoon River, the utility’s chief water source. With hot, dry conditions expected …
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will provide funding for the next phase of a project that seeks to increase the number of acres in corn production that use cover crops. According to …
Des Moines Register: The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in Iowa dropped to $3.775 on Thursday — slightly below the midpoint between its all-time high of $4.761 on June 15 and the price …
MidAmerican Energy has completed its 100-megawatt Holliday Creek solar array in Webster County. According to a news release, it is the largest of the company’s six inaugural solar projects with 265,000 solar panels, and will …
Iowa Public Radio: Students at Iowa State University will have the opportunity to study climate science in the upcoming school year. The university is launching a new major focusing on climate science this fall. The one-of-a-kind …
Des Moines Register: Officials from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Wednesday the presence of Naegleria fowleri in Lake of Three Fires in Taylor county. Iowa …
Iowa Public Radio: A pesky and destructive bug has made its way to Iowa. Its discovery doesn’t mean immediate devastation of Iowa’s fruit and woody trees, but it does raise alarms if it were to spread. …
Lee Blank, who has more than 30 years of experience in the agricultural supply chain, has been named CEO of Ames-based Summit Carbon Solutions. Blank’s hiring to lead the company was announced on July 21. …
Des Moines Register: MidAmerican Energy provided 88.5% of customers’ annual power needs from renewable energy last year, the Iowa Utilities Board has verified. That’s five percentage points higher than 2020, according to a news release from …
Axios Des Moines: Des Moines will construct two solar fields on the city’s southeast side under plans approved by the Plan and Zoning Commission last week. They’re the city’s first municipal solar fields and are another …
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