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Invasive jumping worms now found in at least 11 Iowa counties

Des Moines Register: An invasive earthworm native to east Asia that was discovered in Iowa in 2018 has now spread to at least 11 counties. Officials in Dubuque and Muscatine counties were the first to report …

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Iowa’s planned $125M water trail project could get a reboot

Axios Des Moines: Organizers of a $125 million Iowa water recreation trail project are seeking formal permission to downsize the scope of work required under a federal grant. The Iowa Confluence Water Trails proposal will add …

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Homemakers debuts solar panel array

A solar panel array covering more than 250,000 square feet of space at the Homemakers store in Urbandale was activated Thursday during a launch event. The solar panels are on the upper and lower levels …

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LCS’ Nelson named chair of senior living industry association Argentum

LCS Corp., a Des Moines-based senior living services company, announced that its president and CEO, Joel Nelson, was elected to serve a three-year term as the chairman of the board of directors for Argentum. The national trade association …

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Reynolds signs bill mandating that gas stations sell E15 blend

Des Moines Register: Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed a law requiring most Iowa gas stations to offer gasoline with higher blends of ethanol as she seeks to boost the state’s biofuels industry and tout a cheaper …

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Study says crop insurance costs are rising because of climate change

Iowa Public Radio: A new analysis from the Environmental Working Group finds taxpayers fronted nearly $40 billion in crop insurance premium subsidies between 2001 and 2020 across 13 states, most of which are in the Mississippi …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A cheap solution to the EV charging conundrum?

Americans may need to rethink — or perhaps recharge — their thinking about how electric vehicle charging infrastructure will be built out as EV technology takes off, as this Slate article suggests. Some of the current thinking …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: The scoop on the baby formula shortage

On a Sunday morning in 1993, our phone rang just after 5 a.m. It was a friend from church telling us that the levees surrounding the Des Moines Water Works plant had been breached and …

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Iowa’s gasoline prices hit record high

Axios Des Moines: The average price of regular gasoline reached a record high in Iowa today at $4.12 a gallon, according to AAA. The national average was $4.40. A month ago, the average price in Iowa …

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Iowa flood plain maps don’t comply with law to protect waterways, group says

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Iowa Environmental Council wants to force the state’s Environmental Protection Commission to adopt flood plain maps to comply with a law that says animal-feeding operations can’t be built near waterways. “The EPC …

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