Olivia Cohen

Alliant Energy has said there are other potential locations being considered for a new power plant, but the company’s representatives declined to share those locations with the Cedar Rapids Airport Commission because disclosing the other sites could put the company in a “negative position from a cost perspective.”

Some beaches with higher bacteria levels have dropped between last week’s testing and Friday’s

The Iowa DNR had previously placed the alert through Friday due to thick smoke traveling south from Canadian wildfires

The Iowa DNR has placed an air quality alert for much of the state due to “moderate to heavy” smoke conditions. The alert will likely be lifted at midnight on Friday.

The water quality forum – which was hosted by the national nonprofit Food & Water Watch – comes on the heels of a spike in nitrate levels in Iowa’s waterways

Agri Star Meat and Poultry and NEW Co-op have both agreed to pay $50,000 settlements for water contamination violations

In one year, the program, which works in partnership with the Johnson County Master Gardeners, has increased the number of participants can join the free program

The Eastern Iowa Airport Commission says proposed site could jeopardize future runway, seeks alternative location and public meeting.

Warnings about bacteria in the water are posted at 13 Iowa beaches this week. Water samples from Backbone State Park in Delaware County, in particular, show exceptionally high E. coli levels.

Significant rainfall this month has continued to deplete drought conditions across Iowa. On Thursday, the U.S. Drought Monitor reported nearly 96 percent of the state is without any drought or abnormally dry conditions.

A groundwater well will be drilled in Johnson County’s Kent Park this summer in a yearslong effort to monitor the amount of water available in an underground aquifer.

The National Weather Service is warning Iowans of “dangerously hot and humid conditions” coming to the region this week, forecasting the heat index could reach 110 degrees Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Following the deadly July Fourth flash flooding in central Texas, The Gazette spoke with Johnson County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Wilson about emergency communications and how people can prepare themselves for natural disasters.

The environmental nonprofit Wings2Water has awarded $26,000 to local organizations whose projects aim to address water quality in the Mississippi River watershed.

More Iowa herds have tested positive for a tick-borne parasite that can sicken and kill cattle, but experts said they still do not expect the illness to become widespread across the state.