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Des Moines Register: Runoff from livestock facilities and farm fields poses a “grave threat” to the Raccoon River, a major drinking water source for 500,000 Des Moines metro residents, placing it among the nation’s 10 most-endangered …
Four months after the Des Moines City Council approved a resolution calling for all the city’s homes and businesses to run on 100% clean energy by 2035, work is moving forward to begin the process …
Cedar Rapids-based electrical wholesaler Van Meter Inc. announced its intent to become 100% owner of the parent company of Werner Electric, a Minnesota-based electrical supplier, the Corridor Business Journal reported. Van Meter Inc. is currently …
Alliant Energy and the city of Perry have reached an agreement to install a 1-megawatt solar facility on a 7-acre site, Alliant Energy announced this week. The project leased was approved Monday by the Perry …
Power and water utilities touch the lives of everyone, ProPublica Editor-in-Chief Stephen Engelberg wrote this week. It’s timely, and it’s challenging: The national news swing has already moved on from the majority of coverage after the …
Des Moines Register: The long-awaited Central Iowa Water Trails project is at risk of losing a major partner. Warren County officials are concerned the maintenance costs for the trail are too high to justify the return …
Three artistic entities have been chosen for consideration as part of the Shoreline Signals public art initiative to integrate art into the Central Iowa Water Trails project. According to a news release, the artists are …
Quad-City Times: Quad City environmentalist Chad Pregracke is proposing a national park that would place a herd of bison atop a bridge spanning the Mississippi River. As Pregracke warned, the Bison Bridge idea is “way outside …
Gov. Kim Reynolds has proclaimed March 25, 2021, as Women in Agriculture Day in Iowa. Stine Seed Co., in partnership with the Iowa FFA Foundation, FarmHer and the Iowa 4-H Program, worked with the governor’s …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Alliant Energy is “picking up the pace” on moving power lines in Iowa underground, the president of Alliant’s Iowa company said. “There’s much more of a focus on it now than there even …
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