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Nature makes the sweetest sounds I have heard, and birds account for most of them. Some bird sounds are pleasing …

The Lake Delhi dam failed Saturday as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen …

The Wapsipinicon River stood at 18.74 feet on the Independence gauge at 8 p.m. Saturday, headed for a predicted crest …

Heavy rains have caused the Department of Natural Resources to close the South Lake campground at Backbone State Park and …

Heavy rains Thursday morning flooded some streets in Independence and raised the anxiety level of residents of low-lying areas. “We …

Repeated heavy rains in and around Lake Rathbun have doubled the size of the lake to 22,000 acres and are threatening …

Following the catastrophic floods of 2008, many fingers pointed toward agricultural drainage tile as a major contributor to the state’s …

Eastern Iowa beaches, never a regional hallmark, have been rendered even scarcer than usual by the soggy summer of 2010. …

A recently completed genetic study of deer in Wisconsin and Iowa indicates that the Mississippi River does not present much …

The peregrine falcon nest in downtown Cedar Rapids – the first to produce young birds in Iowa’s successful reintroduction effort …

The Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments on a proposed rule to ban alcoholic beverages at state parks, state …

The commitment to duty and honor that galvanized this nation’s greatest generation in the 1940s lives on today in the …

Making Iowa’s few remaining pristine natural and cultural areas more accessible to the public could change – and some would …

About 475 Canada geese were recently captured and removed from Cedar Rapids as part of the Department of Natural Resources’ …

On the eve of the year’s most popular outdoor recreation weekend, the Department of Natural Resources advises boaters and other …