Erin Jordan

NextEra Energy, owner of the decommissioned nuclear power plant in Palo, has said it will donate 144 Whelen outdoor sirens, worth a total $1 million, to the Linn County Emergency Management Agency. Now county is figuring out the cost to maintain them.

The Peoples Church in Cedar Rapids raised $21,000 to install solar panels as a way to save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which trap and hold heat in the atmosphere.

Developers of a 150-megawatt solar project intended for south of Iowa City are moving forward after a private funder stepped in at the last minute to pay for the application phase of the project.

Iowa Board of Regents votes Wednesday to approve tuition increases of 3.5 percent for resident undergraduates at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University and 1.5 percent for resident undergrads at the University of Northern Iowa.

Robert Baenziger Jr., a Quad Cities scuba diver who failed to surface after a dive into a million-gallon anaerobic digester June 8, died of accidental drowning, according to the Office of the State Medical Examiner.

The earliest examples of jewelry, from more than 75,000 years ago, were made from shells and eagle talons.

Some communities -- including cities in Iowa -- have stopped adding fluoride to drinking water, possibly based on misinformation. A new Iowa law that went into effect July 1 requires water system operators to give residents at least a 90-day notice before they stop adding flouride to drinking water.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources believes a leak from an underground storage tank caused the fish kill on Dry Branch Creek near Ossian in northeast Iowa.

The Iowa Board of Corrections has named new wardens for prisons in Fort Madison, Newton and Mount Pleasant.

Chad Ingels, a northeast Iowa farmer and Republican state representative, said he was angered by a March 26 opinion piece on the Civil Eats website written by Chris Jones, an IIHR research engineer, about race and water quality.

Group says meetings too focused on issues raised by white people

Iowa had 61 new COVID-19 cases, but no new deaths from the disease in the 24-hour period ending at noon Sunday, according to state public health data analyzed by The Gazette.

Judy Polumbaum, a retired University of Iowa journalism professor, wrote about her father in the new book “All Available Light: The Life and Legacy of Photographer Ted Polumbaum.”

Iowa State Patrol troopers, who stop more than 150,000 motorists a year, provide security at the Iowa State Capitol and staff high-profile events including RAGBRAI, don’t wear body cameras. Why not?

Joe Sanfilippo, longtime supervisor of the Iowa DNR’s Manchester field office, will retire June 30 after 41 years with the agency.