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The city of 2,300 in Benton County has received $500,000 in state grants to rebuild a wetland to better capture and retain rainfall to recharge the aquifer. The city is seeking other money for upgrades to the water treatment system.

Three local newspapers in Poweshiek County exist mainly in print despite the steady decline in print circulation — the Grinnell-Herald Register, the Poweshiek County Chronicle Republican (PCCR) and The Montezuma Record.   Since 2005, the newspaper industry in the United States has lost one-third of its newspapers and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists, according to a...

Also, new Vivek Ramaswamy ad features the candidate’s childhood piano teacher singing her former pupil's praises.

Also: Former ComEd CEO may be forced to pay back legal fees for bribery conviction