The crop fertilizer killed fish and might have affected the river all the way to the Missouri border.
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The crop fertilizer killed fish and might have affected the river all the way to the Missouri border.
Wastewater, including blood from Agri Star’s beef processing facility, went into Williams Creek before Postville city staff discovered the problem, diverted the waste into a holding tank and alerted Agri Star.
Each winter, the upper Mississippi River plays host to hundreds of bald eagles that are migrating to and from their breeding grounds. They join the so-called "resident eagles" that always live along the river to create an impressive sight, particularly at the end of February and beginning of March.
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American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative Inc. want to build a 102-mile, 345-kilovolt line linking Iowa's Dubuque County and Wisconsin's Dane County.
The scope of the company’s project in Iowa has expanded considerably in recent weeks and is the result of another company, Navigator CO2, abandoning its plans for a similar system.
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Nitrogen-impaired drinking water in Minnesota’s farm country has been a gnarled reality for rural landowners with private wells for decades, particularly in the southeastern portion of the state with porous geography. One Minnesota lawmaker said the time for encouragement through incentives for corn farmers to stop using fertilizer has passed.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, charged with managing Iowa’s state parks, tries to strike a balance between safeguarding Iowa’s big trees and letting visitors see, touch and experience them.
Iowa DNR Director Kayla Lyon told organizers she no longer will let conservation officers or other department employees spend as much paid time at the event and asked organizers to remove the agency’s name and logo from all marketing materials, boat trailers and other equipment.
The animal was found by a state conservation officer. A necropsy performed by Iowa State Veterinary Diagnostic Lab in Ames confirmed it was a male gray wolf, estimated to be about 2 years old, weighing 77 pounds.
Cedar Rapids is on track to have its warmest winter on record, a National Weather Service meteorologist told The Gazette
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