DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 14 -- The Iowa Transportation Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today. Business meeting actions taken Tuesday, Feb. 13 Order Number ... Title ... Action taken ... Presenter D-2024-34 ... Approve Minutes of the Jan. 9, 2024 Commission Meeting ... Approved ... Cindy Dorhout, Commission assistant, 515-239-1067 TD-2024-35 ... Corridor Preservation Renewal: Inter  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Feb. 14 -- Alliant Energy issued the following news release: The Cedar Rapids Community Solar garden is now generating renewable energy for the more than 300 Alliant Energy customers who subscribed to the utility's first community solar garden in Iowa. The 4.5-megawatt garden is Alliant Energy's largest operational solar project to date in Iowa. Alliant Energy began constructing the project in 2021. It is north of the 1100 block of 33rd Avenue SW on Alliant Energy-owned pro  more

ALTOONA, Iowa, Feb. 14 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news on Feb. 13, 2024: Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig presented Leader in Conservation Awards to one Iowa individual and one Iowa business making an impact in water quality and conservation today during the annual Agribusiness Association of Iowa Showcase and Conference in Altoona. Molly Haub, a certified crop adviser from West Branch, and Iowa Cover Crop, a cover crop retail and appl  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for eighteen Iowa counties due to significant snowfall during the January winter storms. The governor requested funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Public Assistance Program for Adair, Black Hawk, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Dubuque, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Lucas, Montgomery,   more