A ban on watering lawns has been issued in the Des Moines metro area for the first time to avoid a potential water crisis due to high concentrations of nitrates.

Authorities removed 88 children from two Columbus Junction-area properties as part of a child abuse investigation. The case ...

Iowa's Forest Reserve Program, which provides a tax incentive for property owners to maintain woodlands, remains intact after this year's legislative session, but the Iowa Woodland Owners Association ...

Fifty-six Blanding's turtles were released into their natural wetland habitat June 4. Three partnering agencies, consisting ...

She is the third baby to be relinquished to Iowa HHS this year. Created in 2002, the Safe Haven Act allows parents in crisis to leave an infant, aged 90 days or less, at designated safe havens like a ...

PLUS CLOSING COSTS. A FORMER IOWA BOY SCOUT CAMP WILL SOON BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TOO. THE IOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION BOUGHT THE LITTLE SIOUX RANCH IN WESTERN IOWA FROM THE BOY SCOUTS AND ...

A baby girl is now in the care of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services under Iowa’s Safe Haven Act. The baby girl, who was born on May 23, was the third safe haven baby of 2025 ...

Iowa DNR wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says spring weather determines how many of the new birds survive. “Overall the spring has kind of seemed like it’s going to come in around average.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A baby girl, born on May 23, is now under the care of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) thanks to the Safe Haven Law. She has been placed with a foster ...

AVOCA, Iowa (WOWT) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is lifting the boil advisory on the City of Avoca. In a release sent Sunday, the Iowa DNR is lifting the boil advisory placed on May ...

Outside of the Quad Cities, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a slate of bills, including two of her legislative priorities: paid family leave for state employees and her rural healthcare proposal.