A program to reclaim and restore land contaminated by abandoned mines in Iowa has halted work due to funding uncertainty from the federal government. The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation program began ...

Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (pictured) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. (Photo courtesy of Iowa DNR) The Iowa ...

Approximately 22 cats were discovered abandoned and living in dire conditions in a Carter Lake mobile home in Iowa. Authorities believe the felines were left to fend for themselves without food and ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture embarked this month on the reclamation of 162 acres of abandoned mine land the Pella Wildlife Area, the largest of about 120 that have taken place in Iowa since the ...

Iowa has paused reclamation of abandoned coal mines until state officials confirm whether federal project grants will be ...

CLINTON, Iowa (AP) -- A nonprofit group is breathing new life into abandoned buildings across the state, turning forgotten spaces into affordable apartments for low-income residents. In this city in ...

David Schultz’s semi-truck was found two weeks ago on a rural highway in northwest Iowa, its trailer still filled with baby pigs he was transporting. Schultz’s wallet and phone were inside, and his ...

Allie, the American pit bull terrier allegedly abandoned at an Iowa airport in December by a New Jersey man, has been adopted by a family who says she’s “settling in very well,” animal shelter ...

A Minnesota jury has awarded nearly $19.8 million to an Iowa woman who said a Mayo Clinic surgeon’s mistake during a 2018 ...

Land in the Pella Wildlife Area (above) is part of an abandoned coal mine that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is reclaiming. It is the largest reclamation area the department ...