Wild Side Column: It’s not unusual for rivers to shape shift
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Wild Side Column: It’s not unusual for rivers to shape shift
A Coralville developer has agreed to pay a $3,000 penalty after a contractor pumped dirty water from the construction of Trail Ridge Estates, west of Solon, into a storm drain that goes into Mill Creek and later, Lake Macbride.
Owners of an Iowa City-area mobile home park have agreed to pay an $8,000 fine after multiple violations since 2020 for discharging wastewater into a tributary of Snyder Creek, which feeds into the Iowa River.
A record-breaking drought throughout the Mississippi River basin is finally beginning to ease, federal officials say.
The facility’s retirement, scheduled for the end of the year, brings Alliant Energy one step closer to achieving its renewable energy goals.
Less than 10 percent of Iowa’s private wells were tested for safe drinking water in 2020. Officials urge residents to take advantage of state funds.
A Muscatine company that operates a large, gas-powered dryer to process sand that it sells has failed for decades to obtain permits to update and operate it, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Shanza Sami’s invention could soon bring one of the first major updates to the catalytic converter in decades.
Wild Side column: 17-inch smallmouth bass made wishes come true
The nonprofit is working on several new collaborations to bring more native trees to Linn County communities.
This fall, the towns and rural farmsteads along the Mississippi River received alarming news about their drinking water. Chemicals from a large 3M factory north of Cordova found a way into the river and their wells.
Widespread rainfall last week in the southeastern half of the state significantly reduced drought conditions.
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