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 ...

Ahead of a warm and humid weekend, swimming is not recommended at over a dozen Iowa beaches. The Iowa Department of Natural ...

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).

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

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Davenport city crews are assessing the damage caused by the severe weather event on the evening of Friday, July 11.

Volunteers with the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep install a rain collection system and artificial water ...

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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 ...