Recent snowmelt, plus rain, snow and sleet created minor flooding along Bettendorf's Duck Creek, shown here just upstream of the Middle Road Bridge, on Thursday (3/1). By Friday (3/2), the normal placid stream was back within its banks.
A federal judge has criticized what he calls the “indefensible” actions of federal immigration enforcement agents in Iowa, ruling they illegally detained a man in the Muscatine... more
Iowa House Democrats released a proposal Thursday aimed at improving the quality of Iowa’s drinking water and waterways through increased monitoring and more incentives for farmers... more
Chris Jones, an author, researcher and Iowa water quality advocate, launched his campaign for Iowa secretary of agriculture Thursday outside of Des Moines Water Works.