A clean energy group is calling for greater scrutiny of a utility company’s plans surrounding data centers. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A clean energy group is calling on the…
Soybeans and corn in central Iowa Sept. 8, 2026. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) With a statewide average weekly temperature of 79.8 degrees Fahrenheit, Iowa had one of its…
Teamsters Local 238 Secretary-Treasurer Jesse Case, left, and Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of Economic Policy Institute Economic Analysis and Research Network, speak on Iowa Press on Sept. 4, 2026. (Screenshot…
Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill in Dry Branch Creek, pictured here as it flows under 110th Street. (Photo via Google Earth) The Iowa Department of…
Wind energy continues to dominate Iowa’s electricity generation. Pictured are wind turbines near U.S. 80. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa Environmental Council’s annual “condition of the state” report…
Corn grows along west-bound U.S. 80 in Iowa Aug. 31, 2026. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Less than 10% of Iowa corn acres have reached the mature stage as…
Summit Carbon Solutions representatives pictured at an event in Sioux Falls in January, 2025. (Photo by Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) Summit Carbon Solutions is abandoning two-thirds of its planned project…
Eligible equipment owners can file claims in class action suit settlement with John Deere. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA) Farmers who purchased and had to repair John Deere large agricultural equipment…
Wetlands are an edge-of-field strategy used to try to improve water quality near farmland. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa State University, in collaboration with Iowa Learning Farms, is…
Iowa farmers in 26 counties can participate in a free nitrogen soil sampling project. (Photo by Catherine Ulitsky/ USDA-NRCS ) Farmers in the Greater Des Moines Watershed and parts of…
Nearly half of Iowa’s corn crop has reached the dent stage. (Photo by Jared Strong/Iowa Capital Dispatch) With 47% of Iowa corn acres in the dent stage, according to the…
Soybean cyst nematodes are quite small and require the help of a microscope to see them poking out of the roots of a soybean plant in a lab at Iowa…
Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill in Hecker Creek. (Photo via Google Earth) Iowa Department of Natural Resources field staff in Manchester confirmed Friday the office…
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson flipped pork burgers at the Iowa State Fair pork tent on Aug. 21, 2026. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson told reporters…
A pipeline company in Iowa is being sued for backing out of a contract to purchase parts for its pipeline. (Photo via Getty Images) The company planning to build a…
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