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Gov. Reynolds in Condition speech: Stop sexual harassment, find long-term water quality solutions

Gov. Kim Reynolds took time in her first Condition of the State address today to say that sexual harassment “must stop.” 

“Throughout history, sexual harassment has been a stain on our culture, a destructive force …

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Gov. Reynolds in Condition speech: Stop sexual harassment, find long-term water quality solutions

Gov. Kim Reynolds took time in her first Condition of the State address today to say that sexual harassment “must stop.” 

“Throughout history, sexual harassment has been a stain on our culture, a destructive force …

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Alliant Energy Foundation donates $16K

Alliant Energy Foundation has donated $16,500 to five area nonprofit organizations. They are: 

FRC Team Neutrino 4-H, Ames, $1,500. Iowa Public Television Foundation, Des Moines, $5,000. Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation, Des Moines, $2,500. Iowa JAG…
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EPA gives ISU $760K to study toxic algae

Iowa State University researchers received a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to study harmful algae blooms that can include a toxin that causes skin rashes and intestinal illnesses. Scientists will look into …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Dead zones quadruple

We talk a lot about dead zones in Iowa, particularly the one in the Gulf of Mexico. In summer, a large area is nearly devoid of oxygen, so sea life either moves along or dies. …

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Alliant offers One Call training

Alliant Energy will host a series of free meetings in January and February for builders, landscapers, excavators, and municipal and utility workers about safety issues. The local session is Tuesday at Stoney Creek Inn. The …

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ISU President Wintersteen to speak in D.M.

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen will speak at a luncheon Feb. 7 at the Iowa Events Center as part of the Iowa Soybean Association’s Farmer Research Conference. Wintersteen, ISU’s former agriculture dean, will provide …

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Big freeze = better corn prices

Reuters reports that the deep freeze that has hit the Midwest and much of the rest of the nation bumped up commodity prices as exporters worry about supplies. The Illinois River froze, and many expect trouble …

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Iowa to require special dicamba training

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship on Tuesday said it will require special training for farmers and commercial applicators who apply dicamba herbicides, which have been blamed for drift that damaged other farmers’ …

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Cold spell devastates peacock population at Iowa breeding farm

Iowa Public Radio: The bird population at the nation’s largest producer of peacock hatching eggs is taking a hit from this long stretch of cold weather. It will take years for the numbers to come back. …