WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (SEPT. 16, 2024) - Limestone mining processor Linwood Mining and Minerals Corporation will pay $23,244 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the company discharged pollutants from its Davenport, Iowa, facility into Donaldson Creek, a tributary to the Mississippi River, in violation of   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 17 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines is proud to announce an additional $6 million of funding has been allocated to the Mortgage Rate Relief product. Since the launch in Spring 2024, Mortgage Rate Relief has helped fund over 1,000 loans in underserved areas by permanently reducing interest rates by approximately 2 percentage points lower than t  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Dereck Meyer, 34, from Council Bluffs, IA, was sentenced on September 13, 2024, to 144 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. Meyer pled guilty April 19, 2024, to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. In 2011, Meyer  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Rock Island District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program partners are in the early stages of planning for a habitat rehabilitation project on the Mississippi River in Pool 18 and are seeking public input through Oct. 9. The Pool 18 Forestry project is part of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program and is being constructed in collaborat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice (Docket No. FD 35508) entitled "Iowa Northern Railway Co. - Lease Renewal Exemption - North Central Iowa Rail Corridor LLC": * * * Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(4) for the further renewal of its lease of the railroad property of North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC (NCIRC), between milepost 48.12 at Belm  more