by Radio Iowa Contributor | Nov 27, 2023 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of a Saturday afternoon explosion and fire at the Poet ethanol plant in Shell Rock. Witnesses reported seeing a fireball at that time and felt the explosion for a radius of several miles around the plant. Butler County...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 23, 2023 | News
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (NEGG) says there are opportunities for Iowa as the United Kingdom negotiates a free trade agreement with the United States. “Certainly that’s important in the U.K. as they are starting to forge a new trail...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 21, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Wolf Carbon Solutions has withdrawn its application for a carbon pipeline permit in Illinois after learning regulators in that state were likely to reject it, but the company plans to regroup and refile its application early next year for a pipeline that would connect...
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 13, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Randy Feenstra, who represents Iowa’s fourth congressional district in the U.S. House, is co-sponsoring a bill called the Farm to Fly Act. It’s designed to spur development of aviation fuel made with a range of plant materials, like corn....
by O. Kay Henderson | Nov 9, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Utilities Board’s public hearing on Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed carbon pipeline has concluded. Over eight weeks, the Utilities Board convened for 26 days, hearing testimony from over 100 landowners who object to having the pipeline on their...