Iowa’s bumper crop of buzzing cicadas this year may lead to a population boom in another, much-smaller insect known as the oak leaf itch mite. St. Louis-area entomologist Tad Yankoski says the mites are tiny, but there are many, many millions of them emerging in Missouri, and Iowa could be next. “So there have been […]
Iowa town seeks FEMA funds to buy flood-damaged homes
Some communities in northwest Iowa hit by massive flooding this summer are now able to apply for FEMA money to purchase