Erin Jordan

Supporters and critics speak at a public hearing about nutrient management plan for 11,600-head cattle feedlot.

Solar projects across the state have gotten a mixed welcome, with some neighbors voicing concerns about land use, the looks of solar farms and what will happen when the panels need to be replaced or decommissioned. Friday panel discussion focuses on how developers try to reduce friction.

Five Eastern Iowa counties — including Linn and Johnson — are teaming up to use $2 million in federal money to create a climate action plan for the region.

The accident at Mid-Iowa Coop in Toledo highlights the way Iowa’s agriculture and construction industries depend on contractors and subcontractors — many that employ vulnerable employees — to do some of the most dangerous jobs.

The 2023 Iowa Ideas conferences offers seven health care sessions over two days, covering topics that includes mental health cancer, and the needs of aging Iowans

Renee Schulte, a former Cedar Rapids lawmaker and health care consultant, has been appointed chair of the Iowa Board of Parole.

By testing 20 wells, as well as sampling groundwater and soil, airport leaders hope to understand the scope and direction of PFAS contamination and see if there is evidence of a link between tainted wells and firefighting foam used for decades at the airport.

Navigator Heartland Greenway — a company that has proposed building a 1,300-mile carbon dioxide pipeline through Iowa — has paused its state permit application, saying it may change the plan or route.

Four years after a Utah company started buying Johnson County mobile home parks, residents say they’ve seen annual rent hikes of 10% or more, reduced services and poor maintenance.

CommUnity Crisis Services will lay off remote employees from 10 states after losing a $6.5 million federal contract. There will be no changes in 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or CommUnity’s other services, including the food bank.

Summer drought has caused low water levels on the Mississippi River — especially south of St. Louis

New student-focused apartment complexes, which together will add nearly 2,000 beds to the Iowa City rental market, are being built at a time when Iowa’s higher education system is

Kris Karberg, warden of the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, resigned earlier this month, just six months after starting the job.

Iowans -- including minors -- can legally buy high-potency marijuana drinks and gummies because of loopholes in state and federal laws, according to leaders in the state’s new Bureau of Cannabis Regulation.

Iowa HHS earlier this year launched a public service campaign to warn people over age 45 to watch the amount of alcohol they are consuming. The reason for the campaign is sobering. Alcohol-related deaths in Iowa have increased 45 percent since 2019, with half of those deaths being people over age 45.