Early reports suggest that the devastating flash flooding and mudslides along the Nepal-Tibet border were caused by a major environmental problem. A huge section of bedrock, ice and glacier sheared from the mountain and crashed down.The fierce force at first was mistaken for an earthquake ...
Monday, Aug. 31 Volleyball Madrid at West Marshall, 6:30 p.m. East Marshall at South Hardin, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1 Girls Tennis Boone and Des Moines Hoover at Marshalltown, 10 a.m. Union and South Hardin at South Tama, 4 p.m. Cross Country South Tama at Williamsburg Invite, 4:30 p.m. at Williamsburg Recreation Center Girls Swimming Des Moines North at Marshalltown, 5:30 p.m. Volleyball West Marshall at Montezuma Quad, 5 p.m. GMG at Clarksville, 7 p.m. Grundy Center at Gladbrook-Reinbeck, 7 p.m. Des Moines Lincoln at Marshalltown, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 Boys ...
Farmers who purchased and had to repair John Deere large agricultural equipment during a certain time frame may be eligible for a payment as part of an antitrust class-action settlement. To receive the payment, however, farmers must file a claim in the newly opened Deere Repair Settlement ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeing a slightly higher than normal amount of walnut anthracnose this summer, causing some black walnut trees to yellow and lose their leaves earlier and more extensively than usual. Walnut anthracnose is a common fungal leaf disease. The fungus infects foliage and produces brown to black leaf spots, often followed by yellowing and premature leaf drop. Wet and humid weather favors disease development. Iowa's prolonged wet conditions this growing season have provided favorable conditions for new infections. Anthracnose also occurs on other ...
Lights bobbing from headlamps guide hunters in the early morning hours from overflowing parking lots to a spot in the standing sunflowers or wheat fields where they will sit and wait for hours until the sun brightens the horizon, and shooting hours to begin. For mourning dove hunters, the action can be fast – and humbling – but there is no question that the annual season opener on Sept. 1 is a “can’t miss” event each year. “I expect the opener to be busy, even with the opening day falling on a Tuesday,” said Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife biologist for the Iowa ...
