Articles Tagged: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Bayer, the biotech company and manufacturer of Round Up, has substantially increased its spending on lobbying in Iowa since the introduction of a pesticide labeling bill in 2024.

The installation of saturated buffers and bioreactors will help to improve the Middle Cedar watershed by keeping nutrients in the fields, according to IDALS.

The Iowa Board of Nursing recently accepted the voluntary surrender of the license of Julie Porter, a licensed practical nurse from Manchester.

A comparison of nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers shows nitrate levels were elevated nearly 40 more days in 2025 than in 2024.

The hospital was given one year to correct the five deficiencies, all of which were deemed to be fully resolved in January 2023.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the Le Mars Community School District in June about a local religious group holding events on public school grounds on May 1.

Above-average precipitation leaves some standing water in fields, but 18 percent of Iowa corn acres has reached the dough stage. Meanwhile, soybeans show progress with 69 percent of the crop blooming across the state and 33 percent already setting pods.

Regular energy consumers, not corporations, will bear the brunt of the increased costs of a boom in artificial intelligence that has contributed to a growth in data centers and a surge in power usage, recent research suggests.

Wood thrush is considered a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Iowa and in 25 other states because the population has declined across North America by more than 50 percent in the past 50 years.

Another pair of Iowa private universities is expecting to merge in the coming years, with Morningside University announcing its intent to acquire St. Luke’s College-UnityPoint Health, both in Sioux City.

According to the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science, Daniel Dingmann, who operates a funeral home in southern Minnesota, became an Iowa-licensed funeral director in 1998.

A spokesperson for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, told States Newsroom the panel approved Bove’s nomination in a 12-0 vote — that is, despite panel rules that state “at least two members of the minority” must be present to transact committee business.

PepsiCo and Cargill have announced plans to expand sustainable farming practices on 240,000 acres of Iowa cropland by 2030.