Erin Jordan

Leo Christopher Kelly, 37, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 30 months in prison on seven offenses, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, and six misdemeanors.

While the Iowa Utilities Board will decide whether three carbon dioxide pipelines get state permits, other government bodies must sign off on parts of these multibillion dollar projects. And some local regulations may throw a wrench in the works.

The Cedar Rapids-based team beat four other teams, including the Muskego (Wisconsin) Water Bugs by four points out of more than 1,300 points awarded.

Iowa State University is doing on-farm trials on 148 fields across the state this summer to try to find the optimum rate of nitrogen fertilizer to boost corn productivity, while avoiding runoff into rivers and lakes.

A half-dozen people -- some who have opposed Supreme Beef since 2017 -- spoke against the feedlot’s new proposed nutrient management plan at a virtual public hearing Tuesday attended by nearly 40 people.

Iowa judges recently have sided with open government advocates trying to gain access to public records and attend public meetings — with the latest ruling requiring the state to pay $135,000 in legal fees for three media organizations denied records by Gov. Kim Reynolds. But advocates want to see more penalties to discourage secrecy.

A judge has ruled against Palo-area residents who filed a lawsuit last year opposing rezoning to allow two industrial-scale solar projects to be built near the former Duane Arnold Energy Center.

Driving along Interstate 80 near Williamsburg you still see the sign advertising the Wasserbahn, a hotel and waterpark sitting vacant for more than a year. Where do things stand with the building, once slated for demolition?

Mike Cook is a third-generation farmer in Black Hawk County, where his grandfather moved when he retired from the railroad. McKinley Cook grew apples and vegetables, raised chickens and sold their eggs, his grandson said. Mike Cook grows corn, soybeans and vegetables -- employing conservation practices like reduce tillage and cover crops.

Contractors who sell concessions, rent boats and offer other services inside Iowa’s state parks no longer would be checked against Iowa’s child abuse registry under revised rules proposed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

Companies looking for minerals often go to the Iowa Geologic Site and Sample Tracking Program, a University of Iowa repository of 10 million feet of drilling samples, rock chips from more than 40,000 wells and nearly 60,000 driller’s logs from across the state.

A Marengo company whose employees were injured in a fiery blast last December has failed to pay a nearly $96,000 fine for workplace safety violations.

Iowa is holding more than $4 million in child support payments — many of those more than five years old — because the parent or caregiver receiving the payments has died and there’s no court order for how to disburse the money.

Data collected at the Coralville basin is used by the U.S. Navy to build safer, stealthier ships and by private companies to design things like underwater platforms to support offshore wind farms.

At least 18 species of fireflies found in North America are threatened with extinction due to habitat loss, light pollution and climate change. For many other firefly species, there’s just not enough data to determine if they are at risk.