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The Iowa Soybean Association board has voted to add $150,000 to the $65,000 it previously provided three counties sued by Des Moines Water Works over nitrate pollution. Sac, Buena Vista and Calhoun counties contend they are …

Personal financial services website WalletHub has come up with a survey where it is good to be below average, and Iowa is way below average. WalletHub tallied the average cost of electricity, natural gas, motor …

Gov. Terry Branstad joined Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and other state officials in officially protesting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new rule on the Renewable Fuels Standards, contending that the government should require refiners …

Even after a dredging project, Greenwood Pond continues to fight algae, The Des Moines Register reported.The pond is the site of a decades-old environmental sculpture by artist Mary Miss that was intended to make the pond …

A series of presentations on a draft water trails plan for Greater Des Moines begins with a session at 5:30 p.m. today at Clive Parks and Recreation, 1900 N.W. 114th St. The Greater Des Moines Water …

Quad-City Times: Exelon Generation announced today that it has formally notified grid operator PJM Interconnection of its plans to retire the Quad Cities Generating Station in Cordova, Ill., on June 1, 2018. The step is the …

Retired Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. exec Owen Newlin has received the American Seed Trade Association’s first Lifetime Industry Achievement Award, which now will be named in his honor. The award “recognizes exceptional professionals whose career …