Erin Jordan

2 weeks ago | thegazette.com | Erin Jordan

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Seeds, samaras, helicopters: Whatever you call maple seeds, there is a bumper crop this spring in Iowa. Iowa’s silver maples and silver maple hybrids produced a surplus of seeds this year, likely as a response to several years of drought, said Mark Vitosh, Iowa Department of Natural Resources district forester covering seven Eastern Iowa counties including Linn and Johnson.

Feb 22, 2025 | thegazette.com | Erin Jordan

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Iowa OSHA is investigating a central Iowa biogas digester after a whistleblower alleged a 2023 fire injured two employees and that the site has ongoing natural gas leaks that endanger workers. Meanwhile, Marshall Ridge Dairy is seeking a state permit to nearly double its herd from 8,000 dairy cows to 15,000.

Dec 19, 2024 | iwa-network.org | Erin Jordan

Non-Revenue Water (NRW) is defined by the International Water Association (IWA) as the difference between water distributed into the network and the water invoiced to customers. NRW results from various factors, including leaks, theft, unbilled authorised consumption, and metering inaccuracies.

Nov 2, 2024 | thegazette.com | Erin Jordan

Technician Blake Iske looks out over farmland adjacent to the Marshall Ridge Renewable Energy Center in State Center on Sept. 18. The facility’s three anaerobic manure digesters extract methane from dairy cow manure. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) STATE CENTER — The 8,000 Holsteins that make the feedstock for the $42 million Marshall Ridge Renewable Energy Center are barely visible — just a flash of black-and-white hide behind the screens of a confinement building in central Iowa.

Jul 27, 2024 | thegazette.com | Erin Jordan

Hundreds of Iowans file complaints each year about drifting pesticide damaging crops, trees or gardens People also get sprayed, leaving them with fears about long-term health effects Erratic weather in June means little time for safe spraying The state levies few fines, victims say fines are too low State and federal agencies are tweaking rules to reduce drift as entrepreneurs try to develop solutions BURLINGTON — The sunflowers were the first victims, dying within days of herbicide...