Orlan Love

Dallas County has become the state’s 21st county with a confirmed emerald ash borer infestation. The tree-killing pest was positively …

Highly pathogenic avian flu has been confirmed for the first time in an Iowa commercial turkey flock, the Iowa Department …

It would have been easy to forsake my plan to adopt no-till cultivation of my garden once I learned that …

It would be hard not to notice all the ‘Iowa Corn Lawsuit” advertisements popping up recently on websites accessed by …

Iowa farmers increasingly are installing solar panels to control energy costs and reduce dependence on burning fossil fuels, according to …

All deer samples tested during a special collection effort this winter in Allamakee County came back negative for the always …

With planting season fast approaching in a year whose first quarter is the driest since 1994, the ‘D” word is …

DECORAH — The porous bedrock of northeast Iowa, known as karst topography, does not pose a great obstacle to the …

WELLMAN — Iowa’s tile-drained farms are notoriously ‘leaky systems,’ by nature unable to contain all the nutrients both applied to …

MARION – Residents and officials are not idly awaiting the eventual destruction of their ash trees by the emerald ash …

MCGREGOR – Not for nothing has swimming upstream become a metaphor for difficulty. The same holds true for paddling, as …

DUBUQUE — Unmanned aerial vehicles, famous for delivering lethal strikes on terrorists, have yet to live up to their considerable …

WASHBURN — Iowa farmers much prefer cooperative rather than confrontational approaches to improving water quality, several of them said Friday …

Passions and predilections determine what many Eastern Iowans rate as their favorite signs of spring. Hawk researcher Jon Stravers of …

A rare overwintering sandhill crane – or a thoroughly confused migrant – showed up in my neighborhood in mid February. …