Jared Strong

3 days ago | wcfcourier.com | Jared Strong

WAVERLY — A well that supplies drinking water to the east side of Waverly has elevated levels of two toxic chemicals that persist indefinitely and are newly regulated by the federal government. Tests in January of one of the town’s four wells revealed that it has concentrations of two so-called “forever chemicals” that exceed limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year.

6 days ago | thegazette.com | Jared Strong

Corn and soybean planting were delayed in late April by repeated rainfall, which was heaviest in northeast Iowa. (Gazette File Photo) The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Many Iowa crop farmers have been ahead of the typical planting schedule this year because of favorable weather, according to federal ag officials.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Jared Strong

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A well that supplies drinking water to the east side of Waverly has elevated levels of two toxic chemicals that persist indefinitely and are newly regulated by the federal government. Tests in January of one of the town's four wells revealed that it has concentrations of two so-called "forever chemicals" that exceed limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Jared Strong

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Two crashes reveal an unforeseen lapse in Iowa’s drunken driving laws: One happened two weeks ago, north of Cedar Rapids, when a deputy sheriff found a car partially in a ditch of a rural highway, its wheels still spinning. Its driver — who had been convicted of intoxicated driving seven times before — smelled of booze and said he was incapable of shutting off the vehicle.

3 weeks ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Jared Strong |Jess Savage |Illan Martin Ireland

Reading Time: 8 minutes In northeast Iowa, a wispy stand of trees looks out of place. It is surrounded by crop fields on the north side of a four-lane highway, an oasis of nature that is uncommon in rural Iowa, where farming every inch of land is paramount. Its owner hopes to cut and till it for cropland. But he can’t do it without risking his business. For now.