Central Iowa lawn-watering ban is cutting demand, officials say. But residents should prepare to conserve water for weeks, ...

Mother Nature brought cooler weather and rain for large area of High Plains, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

One of the wettest Mays in the last 1 ½ centuries has eliminated extreme drought in western North Dakota, though the region remains mired in lesser forms of dryness.

WATER RESTRICTIONS INCLUDE NO WATERING LAWNS, NO WASHING CARS, NO REFILLING SWIMMING POO Residents in several western Iowa communities ... are due to continued drought and sustained water usage ...

The latest drought monitor update from the USDA (US Department of Agriculture), NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

A new book traces the environmental collapse of a crucial ecosystem and how its return could fight climate change.

Iowa corn, soybeans, oats and hay crops all rated 80% good or excellent during the latest crop progress and condition report, ...

leading to worsening drought due to ongoing deficits and weak hydrologic indicators. Iowa was also mixed—much of the central and western parts improved, but eastern Iowa missed most of the rain ...

(Cass Co.) The Cass County Sheriff's Office has reported a series of arrests over a 10-day span, involving a range of charges ...