Erin Jordan

Iowa law has several code sections outlining charges for littering, but the Linn County Attorney’s Office hasn’t charged anyone in the last year. The Iowa State Patrol has filed only 64 citations statewide.

Many Iowans want federal regulators to expect more from carbon dioxide capture pipeline developers, and trust the companies less when it comes to policing their own systems.

Arleen (Luedemann) Starman and Clarence Boesenberg, both 97, met up in Tipton for a mini 80-year class reunion last month to reminisce about their school days and talk about their lives since.

Iowa State University will continue to help fund water quality sensors on Iowa’s rivers and streams, despite a budget cut by the Iowa Legislature.

, a new not-for-profit organization, wants to “take away some of the noise” and talk about how Iowa could benefit financially from projects that would capture CO2 from ethanol plants and use it for industrial purposes or

Swimming is off limits at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area in Iowa City because of high bacteria levels in the lake.

Navigator Heartland Greenway on Thursday announced a deal with electrofuels provider Infinium to provide 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year from ethanol plants connected to Navigator’s proposed pipeline.

Although burnout from COVID-19 caused some health care practitioners nationwide to leave the profession, involvement in the St. Luke’s maker space seems to contribute to more job satisfaction, better retention.

As an empty nester — her older children are in their 20s — Denia Davis, 52, felt like a part of her had died when her children moved out. Then a family member asked Davis if she would consider fostering her cousin’s infant son.

A cattle feedlot near Monona must submit a new manure plan to the state after a Polk County judge overturned state approval of the previous plan.

The Iowa Cannabis Co. -- one of two firms licensed by the state to manufacture medical marijuana -- expects to harvest its first crop from its Iowa City facility in December and have products to sell by January.

The Ricochet leadership program is being offered this spring and next fall at Vernon Middle School through a grant from Women Lead Change, a Cedar Rapids-based nonprofit.

The Iowa House passed — and sent on to Gov. Kim Reynolds — a budget that could eliminate state funding for water quality sensors on Iowa’s rivers and streams.

The State Appeal Board has approved paying Newton Correctional Facility employees back pay for the time it took for them to take COVID tests during the height of the pandemic.

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson told UI students Monday his priorities would be creating growth in the private sector, controlling spending and reducing the power of government.