Drought conditions improved in the summer months across the state but then degraded again with a dry fall, according to the latest Water Summary Update.
Nearly $350,000 in 50% cost-share grants were recently awarded to 105 Iowa rural fire departments to help their efforts to protect Iowans from wildfires.
Iowa’s stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures has deteriorated the quality of ice across much of the state south of Iowa Hwy. 3; ice fishing is discouraged.
