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Cricket Hollow Zoo critics seek to force USDA to take action to close Manchester facility

on Wed, 01/28/2015 - 03:12   by Editor

An animal rights group has taken its efforts to close the troubled Cricket Hollow Zoo near Manchester, Iowa to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

Iowa greenhouse gas emissions declined in 2013; reflects lower production from coal power plants

on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 22:04   by Editor
Greenhouse gas emissions in Iowa declined in 2013, thanks primarily to a decline in electric power plant production and greater use of wind power, according to a recently released report by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR).
 

Emails indicate bias by state ag department in inspections of troubled eastern Iowa zoo

on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 22:01   by Editor

The two Iowa agriculture department employees primarily responsible for inspecting the troubled Cricket Hollow Zoo have been critical – in emails to superiors and on social media sites – of citizens filing animal welfare complaints against the facility near Manchester.

Exceedances of air quality standards in Iowa up in 2014; majority at Muscatine monitors

on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 01:35   by Editor

Iowa air monitors recorded 91 exceedances of National Ambient Air Quality Standards during 2014, with the vast majority (71) occurring at three locations in Muscatine.

Of the 76 exceedances of sulfur dioxide standards in the state, 66 were recorded in Muscatine at the Musser Park, Greenwood Cemetery and Muscatine High School air monitoring stations. Of the 15 exceedances of fine particulate matter (less than 2.5 microns) statewide, five occurred at Muscatine monitors.

City riverfront: salt dome or condos?

on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 01:32   by Editor

The recently unveiled Bettendorf comprehensive plan painted a rosy future image of the city's riverfront highlighting possible locations for high-rise condominiums on city land adjacent to Leach Park.

However, just weeks later, the city council is considering a decidedly different development opportunity for the old lime pile property: a road salt storage dome.

Federal, state inspectors paint opposite views of animal welfare at troubled eastern Iowa zoo

on Tue, 01/27/2015 - 01:31   by Editor
Animal welfare inspections by state and federal agriculture officials of Cricket Hollow Zoo paint almost opposite images of the troubled facility near Manchester, Iowa.
 
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspectors have cited the small rural zoo for repeated major and minor infractions of animal welfare regulations dating back to 2011, but Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship inspectors speak glowingly of the facility in emails and reports obtained in a Freedom-Of-Information request by bettendorf.com.
 

City debt tops $132-million as city council begins developing next capital spending plan

on Mon, 01/26/2015 - 23:56   by Editor
Bettendorf aldermen will begin discussing next year's capital spending plan later this month after closing the books on the past fiscal year with a mountain of debt – $132.2 million to be precise.

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