Jared Strong

The Cedar Rapids City Council improperly met in private in 2021 to interview its now-city clerk for the job, according to an opinion issued by the Iowa Court of Appeals.

A popular state recreation area near Palo is poised to get new ponds to keep sediment from going into Pleasant Creek Lake, and most of them will be deep enough to make new fishing spots.

The U.S. Department of Energy will give the money to a group that plans to build facilities in four states -- including Iowa -- to produce hydrogen fuel with electricity from wind, solar and nuclear power.

A Farm Bureau analysis estimates that total job losses might be up to about 11,400, with economic losses of $1.5 billion.

Iowa needs to cut the amount of nitrate in five rivers — including the Cedar River — because of the threat it poses to drinking water, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. But the state has pushed back, saying the change

Iowa regulators must consider environmental and public health effects before they grant permits to withdraw large quantities of water from the ground, according to an administrative law judge. That is at odds with long-standing procedure at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which has focused on the quantity of water.

He is a field agronomist who is part of an Iowa State University Extension “crops team” that are experts for farmers who have questions about planting and harvest and everything between.

Facility near Shell Rock paid fine after three years of emitting cancer-causing toxins into the atmosphere.

It has been more than 10 months since Wolf Carbon Solutions reported its progress to state regulators, and the company has yet to reapply for a permit in Illinois.

This year’s Iowa Climate Statement, signed by 184 college and university scientists, suggests individual ways to help the environment.