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DYSART – Though the state’s nutrient reduction strategy is voluntary, ‘cover crops are not optional,” said Ray Archuleta, a soil …

Almost 80 percent of a large, recently depopulated captive deer herd in Cerro Gordo County tested positive for chronic wasting …

QUASQUETON — Unlike the tree affliction caused by the emerald ash borer, oak wilt does not threaten to wipe out …

RIVERSIDE – After completing a sweep through pheasantless cover, law enforcement officers do not holler, ‘Clear! Clear!” They do, however, …

DELHI – When the restoration of Lake Delhi is complete next year, it will be ‘a wonderful recreation area for …

CLAYTON COUNTY – The growing demand for frac sand – mined primarily in Wisconsin and Minnesota but also in northeast …

OXFORD – It’s a flash mob for cows. In a practice called mob grazing, all 150 of Doug Darrow’s beef …

QUASQUETON — They did not play in a league, let alone have one of their own, but they were in …

BRIGHTON – The trees are the same, but everything else about 64-year-old Lake Darling State Park is new and improved. …

TIFFIN – Radical remedies may be required to restore good water quality in the lake at Johnson County’s flagship park. …

Ethanol industry leaders said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency should support the principles initially underlying the renewable fuel standard. …

WATERVILLE – The state soon may acquire a wild chunk of northeast Iowa that has nature lovers of several stripes …

INDEPENDENCE – Speakers at a public meeting on state water quality standards split Tuesday on the value of the Iowa …

HUXLEY — A new generation of plant-friendly microscopic bacteria and fungi is increasing crop yields as much as 10 percent …

INDEPENDENCE – The Gayla Ballroom, an Independence landmark from its 1955 opening until it burned to the ground in 1983, …