Erin Jordan

As Iowa utility companies seek to make solar power a bigger part of the energy mix — spurred by the need to limit greenhouse gases to reduce the impacts of climate change — proposed solar installations have grown in size and number, causing more concerns from neighbors.

The University of Iowa has named Larry Weber to lead IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, a century-old program that includes the Iowa Flood Center and water quality research.

Dozens of Linn County residents questioned Wolf Carbon Solutions about a proposed CO2 pipeline through Eastern Iowa.

Iowa’s fish consumption guidelines are now based on tissue sampling, but state officials want to move to a system based on size of fish, regardless of where they swim.

In The Gazette’s first round of exploring what the new legislation means to Iowa, we’re focusing on six ways you’ll see changes in energy, climate and farming.

The Atherton Wetland, named to honor longtime Kirkwood Community College instructor Steve Atherton, who died in 2008, has 210 acres of prairie converted from farmland growing corn and soybeans.

The Iowa Cannabis Company expects to spend $10 million to adapt a 120,000-square-foot warehouse at 2727 S. Scott Blvd. to grow marijuana plants and produce products for Iowa’s medical marijuana program.

A second Iowa county has rejected plans to expand cryptocurrency mining in Eastern Iowa, citing concerns about noise and energy use.

By adding railroad crossing gates and flashing lights, Cedar Rapids may apply to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration for a quiet zone designation that reduces the use of train whistles by up to 40 percent. The project has been delayed by COVID-19 and material shortages.

One of Iowa City’s two female firefighters is suing the city for gender and sexual orientation discrimination, harassment and retaliation she says she experienced during 10 years with the agency.

Lake of Three Fires beach will be posted with signs warning swimmers of the parasite and the risk of infection. But the Iowa Department of Natural Resources does not plan follow-up testing because of CDC guidance saying there is “no established relationship between detection or concentration of

The grief felt by families when a loved one dies is immense. When a loved one dies while incarcerated, that grief can be made worse by the way the news of the death is delivered.

Seven people have died while incarcerated at the Linn County Correctional Center since the beginning of 2020.

The state decided to outsource personal mail processing to Pigeonly Corrections after an increase in contraband, including drugs, coming into the state prisons through mail. State will pay about $275,000 a year.

Alfred Matiyabo grows greens, eggplant and several varieties of peppers on 2.5 acres he rents at the Johnson County Poor Farm. He’s trying to find new ways to get his produce to African immigrants and to Iowans interested in trying new foods.