A week's work of frantic sandbagging by students, professors and the National Guard couldn't spare this bucolic college town from the surging Iowa River, which has swamped more than a dozen campus buildings and forced the evacuation Sunday of hundreds of nearby homes. ...more

June 16, 2008

The dark, filthy water that flooded Iowa's second-largest city finally started to recede Saturday after forcing 24,000 people to flee, but those who remained were urged to cut back on showering and flushing to save the last of their unspoiled drinking water. ...more

June 15, 2008

Scientists expect the expanse of lifeless water in the Gulf of Mexico called the Dead Zone to be the largest since measurements began in 1990 and to cover an area the size of Massachusetts. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA - Scientists expect the expanse of lifeless water in the Gulf of Mexico called the Dead Zone will be the largest since measurements started in 1990 and cover an area the size of Massachusetts. ...more

June 12, 2008

Four people were killed and numerous others injured when a tornado struck a western Iowa Boy Scout camp Wednesday evening, Iowa Homeland Security officials said. ...more

June 12, 2008

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June 11, 2008

An embankment along a man-made lake gave way under severe flooding Monday, unleashing a powerful current that pulled several homes off their foundations and down the Wisconsin River. ...more

June 10, 2008

On a sunny Saturday, more than 300 people stood in clusters squinting out at the gurgling Mississippi River and the spot where one of the state's most-traveled bridges fell down one evening last August, killing 13 people and injuring many more. ...more

June 8, 2008

In some ways, aging is kind. By the time you develop wrinkles that resemble a satellite view of the Mississippi River delta, your eyesight has faded so much you can't see them. ...more

May 30, 2008

AVON PARK — Construction for the targeting systems to be used for the Avon Park Air Force Range's live bombing operations has been pushed back somewhat, but the operations are still slated to begin February 2009, a Navy spokesman said. U.S. Fleet Forces Command spokesman Jim Brantley from Norfolk, Va. said that infrastructure should be built sometime during the summer, though he couldn't be more specific. In January, he anticipated that these installations would have been completed either in April or this month. Negotiations on the contracts for this work took longer than originally planned. ...more

May 27, 2008