The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since ...

MONTPELIER, Ia. – A coal-fueled power plant in eastern Iowa has closed because of concerns about regulatory issues and the facility’s efficiency. The CIPCO Fair Station near Montpelier burned ...

Sam Petsonk grew up around southern West Virginia's mining communities, visiting patients with his father, one of the country ...