2+ hour, 14+ min ago   (136+ words) thegazette.com Di Findley, executive director of Iowa CareGivers in West Des Moines, which dvocates for direct caregivers and their clients John Hale, co-owner of The Hale Group State Auditor Rob Sand speaks at a press conference on Jan. 30, 2025. Sand…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (651+ words) The Palisades-Kepler dam in Mount Vernon on July 15, 2026. The Iowa DNR is evaluating options to either modify or remove the dam after being the site of numerous drownings in recent years. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking public…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (563+ words) The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has announced funding for four water quality projects, including ones in Belle Plaine and Hiawatha. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship will grant $410,000 to Belle Plaine for its ongoing well-field…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (518+ words) Jason McCurdy, a researcher and field technician at the IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering center at the University of Iowa's College of Engineering, installs a water quality sensor used for testing nitrate levels in 2017 at Miller Creek, west of Gilbertville. As…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (315+ words) Democratic state Reps. Austin Baeth, of Des Moines, and Elinor Levin, of Iowa City, address the governor's water quality proposal, highlighting the need for comprehensive, multiyear action to address Iowa's severe water pollution. The Democrats emphasized the importance of continuous…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (736+ words) CEDAR RAPIDS — In a meeting with Linn County officials Monday, Larry Weber — who oversees a program that deploys dozens of sensors in rivers and streams across Iowa — said the quality of the state’s water is not improving, and that monitoring…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1684+ words) DES MOINES — Democratic lawmakers and environmental advocates say a newly unveiled water quality funding package from Gov. Kim Reynolds and Republican legislative leaders is a long-overdue acknowledgment of Iowa’s pollution challenges, but they argue it falls short of the comprehensive,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1233+ words) Darin Monroe looks over a portion of the Yellow River on his farmland April 8 in Castalia. Monroe says one of his biggest obstacles with the river is erosion. He checks his land several times a week to see where soil…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (205+ words) Now, in this election year, Iowa’s long, harmful legacy of lawmakers’ unforgivable disregard for egregious factory farm runoff and ballooning cancer rates is under the microscope. Iowa lawmakers have a few short weeks to pass a state budget. In it,…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (902+ words) IIHR research associate Tom Stoeffler checks the sensor unit for a nitrate sensor at Waterworks Prairie Park in Iowa City on Sept. 11, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) In an effort to keep an Iowa water quality sensor program afloat past next…...