The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is urging Iowans to avoid over a dozen state beaches following their latest round of testing. On Friday, the Iowa Department of Natural ...

Last week, the DNR did not recommend swimming at 10 Iowa beaches. The DNR monitors beaches for two sources of pollutants, E.

Above-average rainfall in late June helped diminish the already limited dry areas left in Iowa, according to the latest Water Summary Update released by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Ahead of a warm and humid weekend, swimming is not recommended at over a dozen Iowa beaches.The Iowa Department of Natural Resources suggests avoiding these 14 beaches, all of which have E. coli ...

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Why Black Carp Are a Problem If you’re an angler, you’ve probably heard about the invasive carp problem in the U.S., and may have even seen firsthand the damagi ...

When Gov. Tony Evers made his 2025-27 budget proposal in February, it included an annual $100 million appropriation to fund ...

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U.S. president Donald Trump recently criticized wind power during a Cabinet meeting, calling it an expensive energy source ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds this week said regulation is not the answer to address high nitrate levels in Iowa's drinking water, ...

The North Raccoon River routinely has elevated levels of nitrate contamination.   Buy Photo Thanks in large part to nitrate ...

Firefighters rescued two dogs from a house fire on Golden Lane in Milton, where smoke was spotted by a passerby Saturday afternoon.