DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is updating its online fishing atlas on May 14 with a new ...

Nitrates, fecal bacteria, sediment and other pollutants in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threaten safe drinking water for 20% of the state’s population. That's one of the findings from a sweeping ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds has expanded her state disaster proclamation for flooding in western Iowa to include five more counties on the Missouri River, where water levels are still rising. With the addition ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources, which fought federal efforts to add segments of the Raccoon and Iowa rivers to its impaired waters list in 2024, now is including them. The Iowa DNR said ...

Flanked by two great rivers, with more than 70,000 miles of interior rivers and streams, Iowa's rivers and their valleys hold much of Iowa's remaining wilderness. Rivers provide many benefits and ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The first spring flood outlook from the National Weather Service is good news for eastern Iowa rivers, with one notable exception. The outlook, issued by individual NWS ...