Nine beaches didn’t pass tests for e. coli or for toxins from toxic algae. But another eight were not tested because of flooding.
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Cooper WorthNewsJul. 4, 2024 8:25 am9h ago
Nine beaches didn’t pass tests for e. coli or for toxins from toxic algae. But another eight were not tested because of flooding.
APAgricultureJul. 1, 2024 6:25 pm2d ago
A combined 310 workers will be let go at the Iowa locations.
By Jack O'Connor - Iowa Capital DispatchAgricultureJun. 25, 2024 11:31 am9d ago
It marks the state’s 11th detection in dairy cows -- and the ninth just in Sioux County.
By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital DispatchCrime and CourtsJun. 24, 2024 3:40 pm10d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court last week backed a jury’s $4.75 million award to a northeast Iowa dairy that for years suffered from stray electrical current in the ground from a nearby natural gas pipeline.
By Eric Schmid, - St. Louis Public RadioBusiness NewsJun. 24, 2024 3:27 pm10d ago
But it’s expensive, risky, slow in coming
People & PlacesJun. 24, 2024 8:29 am10d ago
The new Calyx Creek, opened in June, hopes to make lavender an experience to remember.
AgricultureJun. 26, 2024 4:42 pm8d ago
Runoff from fertilized fields threatens marine wildlife, fisheries and water supplies. Government agencies set targets to fix the problem. But despite more than a quarter-century of federal effort and billions in investment, advocates, scientists, and regulators say the basin is “not even close” to those targets.
AgricultureJun. 21, 2024 10:09 am13d ago
Just one year away from a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and phosphorus entering the Gulf by 20 percent, success seems unlikely.
Delaney Dryfoos - The Lens
AgricultureJul. 4, 2024 11:55 am5h ago
This summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.
Madeline Heim - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
AgricultureJun. 23, 2024 9:39 am11d ago
Worsening local effects on health and recreation in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin are spurring action on problems that also cause the Gulf of Mexico’s chronic “dead zone.”
By Bennet Goldstein - Wisconsin Watch
AgricultureJul. 4, 2024 12:27 pm5h ago
Sluggish progress on reducing nutrient runoff into the Chesapeake Bay marks an inconvenient truth, but offers lessons for others seeking to clean their watersheds.
By Joy Mazur - Columbia Missourian
AgricultureJun. 21, 2024 8:07 am13d ago
Agricultural drainage tile, a system used by farmers to increase crop yields, is a main contributor to excess nutrients in waterways.
EnergyJun. 20, 2024 8:58 am14d ago
Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt believes wind and solar energy are critical to economic development in Iowa. But she also wants to make sure landowners who sign contracts for wind projects aren’t left twisting in the wind.
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