Nitrate levels in the Cedar River, which supplies drinking water for Cedar Rapids, have increased in recent days, but remain ...

The city of Altoona is asking residents to cut back on lawn watering through the end of the month. Officials say with the ...

University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

Altoona's voluntary measure is in response to heat, not nitrates that are causing problems for the water supply in other Des ...

The most recent U.S. Drought Monitor Map shows Shenandoah and Page County stuck in either D-1 moderate drought or D-0 ...

In Des Moines, the problem’s gotten so bad that lawn watering has been prohibited. But cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa city ...

The latest drought monitor report showed a double digit improvement in the percentage in drought conditions across Iowa after ...

Amid growing concerns for Iowa's water quality and rising nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers, Iowa Secretary ...

But these aquifers would still be in jeopardy even with safe yield because Arizona continues on a path of unsustainable groundwater pumping, the study says. That pumping affects localized aquifers ...

It the first confirmed case of measles in Iowa this year, and the first case in Iowa since 2019, according to a press release. It was confirmed by the State Hygienic Laboratory.

On Thursday, it was even lower, at 6.4 milligrams per liter. Water from the Des Moines River measured 12.53 on Wednesday and 13.94 on Thursday, down from 14.7 on Tuesday.In the lead-up to ...

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions barring Iowa counties from imposing safety standards on a pipeline subject to federal safety standards.