Jared Strong

The owner of the half-finished Broad and Main project faced foreclosure, but a contractor has agreed to buy and finish it by the end of 2026.

The owner of the Iowa 80 Truckstop east of Iowa City — which bills itself as the "world's largest truckstop" — has agreed to pay about $390,000 in fines because it failed to prepare for massive fuel spills that haven't happened.

The detection of avian flu in the flock of 60 chickens, ducks and geese was the first in three weeks in domestic birds in Iowa. Meanwhile, a Louisiana resident who was infected has died.

Iowa City’s Jim Larew's focus on environmental law marks a return to his youth, when modern environmentalism was born. He foresees a renaissance.

The annual events are hosted by staff and volunteers of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. There are several guided hikes Wednesday in Eastern Iowa.

The lawsuit would be an uncommon move by residents to force compliance with the Clean Water Act. Agri Star Meat & Poultry has routinely violated its wastewater permit.

Some of the treated drinking water of Cedar Rapids had nitrate concentrations that approached a federal health limit for months. It might be a recurring problem.

Someone was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon on the west side of Cedar Rapids, but police officials have thus far declined to reveal what happened and who was involved.

A 39-year-old Anamosa man is accused of sneaking into a rural Cedar Rapids woman's house while she slept on Sunday, attacking her and a man who was with her, and returning hours later to damage four vehicles at the property.

State investigators found that two jails restrained inmates in chairs for excessive amounts of time. One jail used the restraints punitively, and the other confined someone who was having a mental health crisis.

A new ordinance would generally keep the pipelines 2 miles away from some of the county’s smaller cities. Six other counties have been sued for trying to restrict pipeline routes.

Cropland is still expensive and overpriced at an average of about $11,500 per acre, but average values declined about 3 percent from last year's record, according to an Iowa State University survey.

There have been a total of eight detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza in commercial and backyard flocks in Iowa in the past 10 days, for a total of about 6.8 million birds.

Iowa's largest farmers cooperative might face a significant fine from the U.S. Department of the Interior for a massive spill in southwest Iowa that annihilated aquatic creatures in a 60-mile stretch of river.

The former congressman is among several people who have received “cease and desist” letters from Summit Carbon Solutions for their critical comments about the company.