A state-led effort to identify and close dozens of ag drainage wells in Iowa has been completed. The project began in 1987 with the passage of the Iowa Groundwater Protection Act. State officials determined about 300 structures had been drilled to drain water, so fields could be planted with crops. The last group of uncapped […]
Wealth of Iowa historical records to be digitized to ease family research
The State Historical Society of Iowa is renewing its partnership with Ancestry.com that will broaden public access to millions of archival
