Water quality advocates challenge DNR decision on Northeast Iowa cattle lot

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has renewed a water use permit for large cattle feeding operation in northeast Iowa, and water quality advocates are pushing back. James Larew is the attorney for the Driftless Water Defenders, the primary group contesting Supreme Beef’s permit. He says they’ll appeal the decision because it isn’t the first […]

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Bruce Kurtz, 74, Storm Lake

Bruce Kurtz, a father, storyteller, and community clothier, died on June 26, 2026, in Storm Lake, Iowa. He was 74. A

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