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Iowa Supreme Court stops ag pollution case from proceeding

Des Moines Register: The Iowa Supreme Court stopped a lawsuit that claimed the state has failed to adequately protect the public’s interest in the Raccoon River, a major water source for the Des Moines metro area, …

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Vermeer CEO: Infrastructure bill would be ‘transformative’

The proposed federal infrastructure bill would be “transformative” in the same way that rural electrification was, the leader of Iowa-based Vermeer Corp. said during a national manufacturing industry event, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported. Jason Andringa, president …

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Project to clean up central Iowa watersheds unveiled at northern Polk County farm

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, left, and John Swanson, right, Watershed Management Authority coordinator with Polk County Public Works, talk about the Central Iowa Water Quality Infrastructure Project during an event Thursday at the …

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About 40% of Iowa is in severe drought, expanding to Central Iowa

Des Moines Register: About three-fourths of Iowa is gripped in either moderate or severe drought conditions, a national report released today shows, expanding from about three-fifths of the state last week as temperatures hovered in the …

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Lawsuit: Iowa regulator should require MidAmerican to consider retiring coal plants

Des Moines Register: Three Iowa environmental groups are suing a state regulatory agency, saying it has failed to require MidAmerican Energy, the state’s largest electricity provider, to weigh retiring two of its western Iowa coal plants. …

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Polk County commits $1M to Central Iowa Water Trails

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has committed $1 million to the Central Iowa Water Trails project, the Great Outdoors Foundation announced today. According to the announcement, the county’s commitment is accounted for in the …

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Scott Avenue portion of Central Iowa Water Trails project gets final nod from city design board

A digital rendering of the features of the Scott Avenue portion of the Central Iowa Water Trails project. The design for this section of the project was approved by the city of Des Moines’ Urban …

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BHE Renewables acquires eastern Iowa wind energy project

BHE Renewables has acquired the Independence wind energy project from RPM Access LLC. According to a release from Businesswire, the project is located near Ryan, in eastern Iowa’s Delaware County. It consists of 18 2.8-megawatt turbines and two …

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Des Moines’ portion of Dico cleanup estimated to cost $923,000

The former Dico Inc. property sits south of West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Photo by Duane Tinkey

For nearly three decades, the city of Des Moines has been unable to rid a high-profile downtown area of an eyesore.

Now …

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Hot, dry weather means even lower Missouri River runoff projections

Radio Iowa: Drought conditions are expected to expand and worsen across Iowa when the new map is released tomorrow from the U.S. Drought Monitor. The continued hot, dry weather is being reflected in runoff predictions …