Arid conditions are expected to persist in eastern Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Arid conditions are expected to persist in eastern Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and Wisconsin.
A 31-mile length of pipe would connect the Absolute Energy ethanol plant near St. Ansgar to Summit’s proposed pipeline network that is to span over 2,000 miles in five states.
Wild Side column: Not a lot of fish were caught on this day, but there was plenty of nature to observe
The company and the Eastern Iowa town have agreed that drilling two new deep wells is the best solution.
The Middle Iowa River watershed management authority spans from Marshall County to Johnson County, for a total of 10 counties, 33 cities and 10 soil and water conservation districts.
The change comes after a shake-up in leadership on the regulatory board. Now two of the three members who will decide on the contentious proposals have been on the board just since May.
Air quality in Cedar Rapids deteriorated from “moderate” to “unhealthy” throughout Thursday morning, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Fire and Smoke Map.
The abrupt dryness from flash droughts, like the one that has been occurring in Iowa, come on quickly and can wilt crops and waterways faster than long-term droughts. New research finds the dangerous dry spells will become more common in the future.
The company C6-Zero would be fined $95,711 — which is nearly $35,000 less than originally proposed — for worker safety violations stemming from a Dec. 8 explosion and fire at an Iowa shingle recycling plant
Smoke from Canadian wildfires that turned skies along the East Coast a sickly yellow also brought air quality alerts to much of the Midwest last week. Climate experts say that as the planet continues to warm, this kind of spring will become less of an anomaly. In the process, air quality will continue to worsen, as will its impact on human health.
Irvine Prairie is being developed and managed by the Tallgrass Prairie Center at the University of Northern Iowa.
Learn about the different types of infrastructure built into the massive network and how the city is working with the community to build a system that will fortify Cedar Rapids against future flooding.
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