Nitrates, fecal bacteria, sediment and other pollutants in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threaten safe drinking water for ...

That means up to 38% of what the utility has pumped in Iowa in recent years is piped to Minnesota, based on water usage data documented by the state. The water utility has a total of 20 wells.

Down the river from Dubuque, Iowa, the Mississippi is expected to crest this weekend at 23 feet, local officials said, well above flood stage, which is 16 feet.

The Great River Road in Iowa offers 328 miles of stunning views along the Mississippi, featuring bluffs, charming towns, and ...

Iowa cities along the Mississippi River are enduring flooding this week as water moves downstream from parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin hit by the same late June storm system that sent northwest ...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- If Mike Bousselot had his way, perhaps he would be the next governor of a state that is increasing its size. Bousselot -- a Republican ...

Organizers of the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa have released the final revised set of route maps for the ...

Rising Mississippi River waters approach a sand barrier at the marina in Camanche, Iowa on Wednesday, April 26. (Nick Rohlman, The Gazette/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Comment ...

Wall Street investment firms buy up rights to scarce water throughout the West 07:43. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Waves of torrential rainfall drenched California into the new year. Snowpacks in the ...

Record winter snowfall across northern Minnesota, which quickly melted in a spell of unprecedented spring heat, is dramatically swelling waterways along the upper Mississippi River basin. Major ...

The Iowa women's basketball team won at Minnesota 68-60 on Thursday night. The Hawkeyes (16-7 overall, 6-6 Big Ten) are riding a four-game winning streak. The Gophers fell to 18-6 and 6-6. See below ...

Yet here in this houseboat near Lansing, Iowa, 10 miles south of the Minnesota border, it felt like I could, for the first time, connect to the river on an intimate level, rocking with its rhythms ...