CEDAR RAPIDS Interstate Power and Light Co. (IPL), an Alliant Energy company, announced today it will cycle air conditioners for all participating Iowa customers in its southern and central zones. Weather conditions are such that from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. today customers enrolled in the Appliance ...
(DES MOINES) Gov. Branstad today encouraged farmers to harvest grass in the state highway right of way as a way to help combat this summer's drought."Under the hot and dry conditions that the state is and has been experiencing, farmers are searching for alternative ways to feed their ...
DES MOINES Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey is encouraging Iowa hay and straw producers to register or update their listing on the Iowa Hay and Straw Directory. The directory lists Iowa producers with hay and straw for sale, as well as organizations and businesses associated with ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources annual survey of upland game populations begins on Aug. 1, with state biologists and conservation officers driving more than 200, 30-mile roadside routes statewide."The August Roadside Survey is the DNR's main tool for determining whether our fall ...
Communities across Iowa are learning that the more they get involvedthe better the chance of creating a regional draw; with people coming from many miles away to enjoy their area; and drop a few dollars, too.Approached a couple years ago about improvements needed, Decorah trout hatchery manager ...
Swimming, canoeing and floating on inner tubes in natural waterways is a summertime tradition in Iowa. But rivers are dynamic systems that change with high flows and have obstacles hidden just beneath the water surface.To reduce the risk while enjoying Iowa rivers, there are a few simple steps ...
The first bighead carp documented from Rathbun Lake is also a new Iowa state record. The 93 pound, 8 ounce bighead carp was caught by Larry Sparks on June 15 and confirmed by fisheries biologists with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).This is not the first report the DNR has had of ...
AMES- Iowa State University plant pathologists have made a breakthrough in deciphering how plant-parasitic microscopic roundworms called cyst nematodes infect plants, like soybeans."Cyst nematodes have learned to communicate with plant cells in a very subtle way," said Thomas Baum, chair of ...
(DES MOINES) Gov. Branstad is ordering all flags in the state to be flown at half-staff beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 13, until 8 a.m. on Monday, July 16, for Sgt. James Skalberg Jr., 25, originally of Emerson.Sgt. Skalberg was killed in Afghanistan, while serving on active duty in the ...
DES MOINES - (readMedia)-The Iowa State Fair will offer a plethora of new attractions to try, taste and watch this year. New Fair foods, attractions and contests are available in addition to the many traditional Fair favorites. "Nothing Compares" to this array of new excitement that awaits ...