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Davenport’s flood task force is entering a new phase of deliberations, seeking more input from community members. Some on the panel feel pressure to get a…
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The Mississippi River is continuing to dip below flood stage in Iowa after setting new marks for the longest flood on record in communities from Dubuque…
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A portion of Davenport’s riverfront downtown district is still flooded after a line of temporary barriers failed Tuesday afternoon. Historic river levels…
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After a weekend of heavy rain, more showers and storms were moving across southeastern Iowa Tuesday.Runoff from the storms theatens to push the swollen…
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The Upper Mississippi has been named the third most endangered river in the country, according to the national conservation group American Rivers, due to…
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At Hummel’s Nissan in Des Moines, Kevin Caldwell sells the all-electric Leaf. Driving one is basically the same as driving a typical gasoline or…
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Congress is allocating billions of dollars to expand the work of the Army Corps of Engineers, as past of a larger funding package that includes the…
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Chemical runoff from Midwest farm fields is contributing to the largest so-called dead zone on record in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists have mapped the…
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President Trump is touting the need to improve the nation’s roads, bridges, and water transportation systems this week and farmers are among those hoping…
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When a raindrop falls into the headwaters of the Mississippi River, it spends the next 90 days making its way to the Gulf of Mexico.When travel writer and…