Due to high nitrate levels from farm chemical runoff, the utility that supplies water to 600-thousand residential and commercial customers in the Des Moines area is imposing an immediate ban on watering lawns. Tami Madsen, executive director of Central Iowa Water Works, says nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, which supply the […]
Six Iowa authors to be featured at weekend book-signing event
A half dozen writers from across Iowa will be spotlighted at a weekend book festival. Event organizer Jan Danielson Kaiser says
