June Missouri River runoff much below average
June runoff in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa was 3.3 million acre-feet, 60% of average.
July 2025
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NCPD speeding enforcement set to begin Monday, July 14
The Nebraska City Police Department is reminding drivers to obey speed limits, during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) national traffic enforcement campaign, Speeding Prevention, from July 14 - 31.
St. Mary’s Island becoming destination for bird hunters
St. Mary’s Island, in Mills County, was once an island in the middle of the Missouri River prior to channelization and levee installation. Today, it’s one of Iowa’s largest contiguous grasslands.
2025 Farmland Leasing Arrangements Workshop webinar planned Aug. 36
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host a statewide virtual webinar on Aug. 26 to address questions that landowners, tenants or other interested individuals have about leasing farmland.
Pheasant hunters bagged more than 460,000 roosters in 2024
Iowa’s 2024 estimated pheasant harvest was the second highest in nearly two decades, coming in at more than 460,000 roosters last fall, surpassed only by the 2023 harvest of 590,000.
Iowa West Foundation to conduct grants workshop in Hastings
Representatives of the Iowa West Foundation are once again hitting the road and taking their grants workshop to another rural community – this time to Hastings, Iowa on July 31.
Join the C.R.E.W for Wednesday lunch at Hamburg
There’s a new Wednesday lunch option in Hamburg.
Water Summary Update: Drought conditions improve due to late June rainfall
Drought conditions improved slightly across much of the state due to above-normal precipitation totals in June, according to the latest Water Summary Update.
The Pictures
We’ve made a move back to my parent’s house. It’s the house where I lived from sixth grade until I got married in 1981.
Iowa PBS presents Behind the Blue Ribbon
Experience the Iowa State Fair like never before through the stories of four individuals preserving its most beloved traditions in Iowa PBS’s upcoming documentary, Behind the Blue Ribbon. The hour-long program will premiere Tuesday, August 5, at 8 p.m. on the statewide network. It will rebroadcast Thursday, August 14, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 17, at 1 p.m. Behind the Blue Ribbon will also be available to stream at iowapbs.org and on the PBS app.