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The city has done regular water tests at the lake, called Sand Lake, in previous summers, but this is the first time there has been a no swim advisory due to high levels of E. coli bacteria, said Tyler Baird, superintendent of Parks & Forestry.

The Navigator Heartland Greenway carbon dioxide pipeline would no longer go through Linn County under a new route proposed by the company.

A City High administrator who parents and students said opened a school door for a senior prank that turned into vandalism has resigned from that job and now will teach at Iowa City West High School.

LaPorte City has agreed to pay a $7,000 fine for discharging too much E. coli bacteria in treated wastewater going into Wolf Creek, a Cedar River tributary.

The Cedar Rapids Community School District lost 126 teachers at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, up from 100 teachers last year. Now the district is making it harder for teachers to break their contracts.

MedPharm Iowa LLC, Iowa’s first medical marijuana manufacturer and distributor, is changing its name, planning a $10 million expansion in Iowa and moving into other states, including Colorado and Michigan.

Since no Republican is running in this race, Janice Weiner’s win with 86 percent of the vote, compared to 14 percent for John Raley, essentially decides the general election.

Navigator CO2 Ventures and POET have signed a deal to transport the carbon dioxide from 18 ethanol plants in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota through a proposed pipeline to Illinois.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has granted a northeast Iowa cattle feedlot a water use permit, despite concern from neighbors and environmental groups the feedlot will draw more water than stated in its permit renewal request.

With no new cases of bird flu in Iowa since May 2, the state on Friday lifted a ban on live bird exhibitions. That means chickens, ducks, pigeons and a pheasant may return to the Linn County Fair June 22-26.

Tony Currin and Elinor Levin, candidates for Iowa House District 89, face each other in the June 7 Democratic primary.

A train derailment early Wednesday near Lansing caused coal to spill into the Mississippi River, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported.

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The deadline for signing up for the 2022 Census of Agriculture is June 22. Farmers who raise and sell at least $1,000 of products, including some animals, qualify to take the twice-a-decade census.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, seeking his eighth term in the Senate, spoke at a campaign event Friday at the Cedar Rapids Country Club.