South Dakota regulators reject Summit’s pipeline application
Sep 12, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa company planning to build a two-thousand mile carbon pipeline through five states has now been denied construction permits in both North and South Dakota. This morning, South…
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Motion filed in South Dakota may be setback for Summit pipeline
Sep 11, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission appears to be on the verge of denying a pipeline construction permit to Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions. The Iowa Utilities Board hearing on Summit’s…
Drought Conditions Worsen in Iowa
Sep 08, 2023
DES MOINES - August saw another below normal rainfall month in Iowa, with preliminary data showing that the state received 3.25 inches of rain, 0.88 inches below normal. This marks the sixth month in a…
Iowa crops maturing rapidly as drought continues
Sep 07, 2023
By Pat Powers (Radio Iowa) The harvest season will likely start in northern Iowa within a week to ten days, according to Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.…
Summit COO testifies at Iowa Utilities Board hearing on pipeline permit
Sep 06, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) The Iowa Utilities Board hearing for the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline has entered its third week. Summit’s chief operating officer was first to take the witness stand today.…
Iowa’s lack of severe weather likely to continue
Sep 05, 2023
By O. Kay Henderson (Radio Iowa) State Climatologist Justin Glisan says a tornado outbreak is unlikely this month because Iowa is in a severe weather drought. “When you don’t have thunderstorms to drive rainfall, you…
Secretary Pate encourages high schools to register students to vote, compete for Catt Award
Sep 01, 2023
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging all Iowa high schools to participate in a statewide effort to register students to vote. Each school that registers at least 90 percent of…
Wildfire smoke returns to Iowa, heat is on the way back too
Aug 31, 2023
By Dar Danielson (Radio Iowa) Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is showing up over of Iowa again. National Weather Service Meteorologist Dylan Dodson, says it’s most notable in one area. “So we’ve kind of got…
Pheasant survey results highest in eight years
Aug 30, 2023
The 2023 August pheasant population survey had the highest statewide counts since 2015, with the biggest increases coming from southwest, northwest and northeast regions. The statewide average was nearly 23 birds per route; a 15…
DPS: Iowans Support Hands-Free Legislation
Aug 29, 2023
DES MOINES -- During this year’s Iowa State Fair, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau partnered with the Iowa State Patrol to survey fair goers about mobile device and seat belt use in vehicles. Iowans from…