THE DES MOINES RIVER IS THE SOURCE FOR DRINKING WATER FOR 25,000 PEOPLE HERE IN OTTUMWA. BUT MAKING THAT WATER SAFE IS BECOMING A BIGGER AND BIGGER CHALLENGE. WE’RE NOT QUITE NEAR RECORD LEVELS ...

Choose from the North Unit or South Unit: Trails to the north of the visitor center are all surfaced with dirt, gravel, wood chips, and leaves, except the one-mile Yellow River Boardwalk, a 30 ...

The Shark River Cleanup Coalition is working to address the pollution problem through data collection, advocacy and cleanups. The pollution is entering the river through storm drains and cracked ...

Central Iowa lawn watering ban continues despite falling nitrate levels in, Raccoon rivers. Most comply, but a few get ...

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Des Moines Water Works is facing challenges as elevated nitrate levels push its Fleur Drive facility to operate beyond its ...

After receiving a report of a potential person in the water near the Court Avenue Bridge, first responders went to ...

On Tuesday, Central Iowa Water Works announced that both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers recorded nitrate levels below 10 mg/L for the first time in weeks. For nearly a ...

Travis Oler brings Bar Martinez to 515 Euclid Ave. in the Highland Park neighborhood of Des Moines. Oler partnered with Amner Martinez, who gets partial credit for the Bar Martinez name.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Local officials warned more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs on Thursday that near-record level of pollutants in its rivers could make ...

As the 21st century began, Des Moines was in the midst of a huge image upgrade. Dilapidated structures on the east side of the Des Moines River were giving way to the area's redevelopment as the ...