Orlan Love

News being by definition mostly bad, 2008 stands out in the memory of an Eastern Iowa journalist looking back, on …

Kayak fishing, one of the fastest growing aspects of recreational angling, will be one of several topics covered during the …

MONTICELLO – Iowa’s 23rd bird conservation area likely will be established along the Maquoketa River in Jones County. The area, …

Saturday’s weather is going to be nasty with wind-driven snow stinging exposed skin, reducing visibility and creating slick roads. And …

In an era of intensifying agriculture and the consequent displacement of perennial vegetation with row crops, Iowa’s 750,000 acres of …

GUTTENBERG – I’m claiming the state mudpuppy record until someone comes along with one better than the 17-incher I pulled …

NEW ALBIN – A big flood on the Upper Iowa River made a big mess of Big Slough, and several …

ELKADER – The Clayton County Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 4-0 Tuesday night to approve a zoning change to allow …

QUASQUETON – A week ago, I noticed unusual activity in an 8-acre hayfield on the northeast corner of this Buchanan …

Contrary to the repeated allegations of Republican candidate Donald Trump, the 2016 presidential election was not rigged, Eastern Iowa poll …

DELHI – Efforts to induce Amish in Ohio and Pennsylvania to vote for Donald Trump will not be successful in …

FAIRFIELD – Farming – once considered the soul of Iowa – has, through its continued industrialization, evolved into that soul’s …

PARKERSBURG – The 6,100-acre Big Marsh wetland complex north of here helped reduce the crest of last month’s Cedar River …

PARKERSBURG — “Renewed Urgency in the Cedar River Watershed” is the theme of the fall meeting of the Cedar River …

Rural Iowans are substantially wealthier than city-dwelling Iowans, according to a recent analysis by an Iowa State University sociologist and …