by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 27, 2023 | News
A south-central Iowa town is looking at using treated wastewater as a potential new source of drinking water. The town of Osceola draws its drinking water from West Lake, but the lake is six feet below normal after three years of drought. City Administrator Ty Wheeler...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 26, 2023 | News, Politics & Government, Recreation / Entertainment
The Dickinson County board of adjustment voted last night to deny a permit to Invenergy for a wind farm just a few miles from East Lake Okoboji. That vote came after three nights of public hearings. Kris Van Kleet helped start the group Dickinson County Concerned...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 18, 2023 | News
Residents of four Iowa counties may notice there are no red lights now blinking in the night sky. MidAmerican Energy spokesman Geoff Greenwood says the company is testing a new radar system where the lights on some 200 wind turbines in Adair, Audubon, Cass, and...
by Dar Danielson | Oct 16, 2023 | News
The Transportation Commission has approved moving ahead with plans to use federal money to install more electric car chargers along the interstate highway system. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says the next step is to get documents ready. “So these are the...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Oct 11, 2023 | News
The latest Iowa Climate Statement signed by more than 200 scientists and researchers at Iowa colleges and universities says the state needs to invest more in solar power. Retired Iowa State University climate scientist Gene Takle says when wind is paired with solar,...