Iowa bill calls for private and charter schools to complete radon testing

Iowa bill calls for private and charter schools to complete radon testing ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa schools have 5 years to test for radon. 3 years in, fewer than half have done so

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect the Iowa Department of Education's response, provided after the article was initially published on Oct. 1, 2025. When a pulmonologist told Gail ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa is testing less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases. Are serial rapists going free?

Iowa law enforcement agencies have tested less DNA evidence in sexual assault cases at the state crime lab in recent years than they did five years ago. Iowa police and sheriffs maintain vastly ...
Yahoo

Iowa is overdue to make fentanyl test strips legal and easy to get. Change that. | Opinion

It is past time for Iowa policymakers to take a simple step to reduce the number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the state. As of August, only four states and Puerto Rico still lump drug checking ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa’s testing for bird flu in dairy herds more extensive than other states

State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says Iowa officials are taking a different approach compared to other states when it comes to bird flu testing. When a poultry flock has been hit by the virus, the testing ...
Iowa Public Radio

Iowa schools making slow progress testing for radon

Iowa has some of the highest radon levels in the nation. By July of 2027, every public school building in Iowa must have tested for naturally occurring, cancer-causing radon gas. They're also required ...
The Gazette

Iowa DNR using test kits to try to stop the spread of fungus killing white oaks

Iowa Department of Natural Resources forest health technician Mark Runkel (right) and GIS specialist John Mullen (left) look for trees last Monday exhibiting signs of the oak wilt fungus at Hickory ...