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Longtime Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Chuck Gipp has decided to retire, effective Tuesday next week. Gipp has been prominent in agricultural and environmental circles for decades. He traced his environmental interests to his …
Burlington Hawk Eye: Siemens Gamesa plans to rehire more than 100 employees at its plant in Fort Madison to meet increased demand for its wind turbines. Siemens Gamesa said it has been selected to build 98 …
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Washburn Wind Energy has won approval to erect 35 industrial wind energy turbines in southern Black Hawk County farm fields. Members of the county Board of Adjustment voted 3-2 Tuesday after five hours …
MidAmerican Energy Co. is continuing to pursue 100 percent renewable energy for the Drake Relays, five years after beginning work for the annual races. Since 2014, MidAmerican Energy has donated renewable energy certificates to the …
Burlington Hawk Eye: Siemens will shutter its Burlington plant by 2019, closing a company that started business with Murray Iron Works in 1870. About 125 people will be laid off. The company is closing its entire …
Buyers from China, which takes 60 percent of soybeans traded worldwide, have not signed any new deals to take U.S. soybeans in the last two weeks, Reuters reports. Three million tons of soybeans, worth an estimated …
Linn County has been awarded a gold designation from the national SolSmart program for making solar energy initiatives easier for homes and businesses, the Corridor Business Journal reports. SolSmart, a national organization funded by the U.S. Department …
For the third year in a row, U.S. net farm income will be steady at roughly $60 billion, half the peak of 2013, says the University of Missouri think tank FAPRI in a forecast for …
The Des Moines Water Works Park Foundation wants you to explore Water Works Park as spring valiantly jostles for position in a winter that doesn’t want to end. So naturally foundation leaders spread colorful eggs all …
A group of Decorah residents are fighting Alliant Energy for the city’s right to create a publicly owned utility to power 8,000 residents and their businesses, the Des Moines Register reports. Residents working with the group …
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