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Look! Iowa Is Home To The World’s Smallest Church
Located a few miles west of Festina Iowa you'll find something small. So small in fact that it is a record holders. Welcome to the world's Smallest Church. Travel Iowa went on to say,. If you go to the St. Anthony of Padua Chapel with a large group, you’ll have...
From drought to flooding: County’s Emergency Management Coordinator shares the dangers of heavy rains
From 2020 to early April 2024, midwestern states including Iowa and Minnesota fell into a severe drought due to low rainfall. An April 25 report on drought.gov says 23 percent of the Midwest was still in drought, with Iowa having the most drought-affected areas at 58 percent of the state. Soon after this report was released, the overdue rains fell and fell — and then fell some more.
Driftless Water Defenders Go on the Offensive in Iowa
Now, Edgerton is organizing in Decorah again, but this time to preserve water quality in the Driftless area of the Midwest. On June 15, Edgerton helped greet the crowd of 100 people who attended the kickoff event for the Driftless Water Defenders, a new 501(c)3 nonprofit that plans to organize and educate citizens, and to litigate around water quality issues in Iowa’s Driftless area.
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