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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, …

IOWA CITY – Researchers found half as many mussels as they had hoped for last week during an intense survey …

STORY COUNTY – The tree-killing emerald ash borer continues its rapid spread across Iowa with the state’s 13th confirmed infestation …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Unless you are selling ice, managing a pool or growing tomatoes, you probably like Iowa’s no-sweat summer. …

JOHNSON COUNTY – Researchers confirmed last year that the federally endangered Higgins eye pearly mussel is reproducing naturally in the …

QUASQUETON — Another innovative Buchanan County bridge project got underway Aug. 11 with the demolition of a 62-year-old bridge spanning …

Only a small fraction of Iowa bald eagles appear to suffer from high levels of lead exposure, according to Iowa …

Pioneering ornithologist Althea Sherman’s historic chimney swift tower, unused by birds for many decades, again houses a nest with hungry …

Beekeeper Bob Fassbinder is conflicted about the bears and the bees. Wild black bears along the Turkey and Volga rivers …

Two adult emerald ash borer beetles collected from a trap in a residential tree in Boone have been positively identified. …

This summer’s nitrate pulse in Iowa rivers and streams was less severe than last year’s, according to water quality experts. …

KALONA – The opening of the state’s largest solar farm heralds an era of solar power growth in Iowa, state …

The state’s experiment with using goats to manage unwanted vegetation on recreational land is being called an initial success. Two …