Erin Jordan, The Gazette

Erin Jordan

The Gazette

Iowa City, IA, United States

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Past articles by Erin:

New houses for $150K was goal for Maquoketa neighborhood

Bear River Cottages, a “pocket neighborhood” of affordable houses, involved design work by University of Iowa students, state and local down payment assistance and donations by local businesses and utilities. → Read More

Iowa lawmaker files pipeline objection with Iowa Utilities Board

Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison, filed objections Monday with the Iowa Utilities Board to oppose pipelines proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions and Navigator CO2 Ventures. → Read More

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics drops mask requirement

Face masks now are optional in all University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics facilities, including Iowa River Landing and QuickCare clinics, except for people who have symptoms of a respiratory virus or unvaccinated employees. → Read More

Marengo explosion and fire ruled accidental

A December explosion and fire that injured a dozen people and caused a small-scale evacuation in Marengo was caused when an “unknown mechanical failure” ignited flammable air vapor, the State Fire Marshal reported. → Read More

New Iowa City neighborhood association focused on aiding immigrants

The Wonderful Westside Neighborhood Association will unite a community with many immigrants. “Our goal was to have neighborhood safety, celebrate diversity, and support new people coming to Iowa,” said Mohamed Joreya, the new group’s president. → Read More

EPA fines Hy-Vee $5K for selling a prohibited pesticide product

Iowa-based grocery store chain Hy-Vee has agreed to pay a $5,374 civil penalty for continuing to sell a prohibited pesticide product that could have been dangerous to consumers. → Read More

Iowa’s new drought plan has four levels: Normal, watch, warning and emergency

Iowa has a new drought plan — the first since the 1980s, when droughts were less frequent and less intense than what Iowa has seen in recent years because of climate change. → Read More

Wolf CO2 pipeline won’t seek eminent domain, petition states

Wolf Carbon Solutions will not use eminent domain to build a 280-mile carbon dioxide pipeline through eastern Iowa, according to the company’s permit application filed Thursday with the Iowa Utilities Board. → Read More

Hardin County approves two crypto mining sites

The county’s Zoning Adjustment Board on Jan. 24 signed two conditional use permits allowing the MiningStore, headquartered in North Carolina, to install mining sites next to two electrical substations owned by Midland Power Cooperative. → Read More

Bill would remove local control from Correctional Services

Under Senate Study Bill 1123, Department of Correctional Services directors would report to Corrections Director Beth Skinner. not regional boards. Skinner told lawmakers earlier this month the changes would save the state millions of dollars, but her office has not made public a consultant report they say provides information about the cost savings. → Read More

Despite national goals, agricultural greenhouse gases grow unchecked in many Midwest states

Agriculture contributes more than 10% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States today, and Iowa — with 13 million acres of corn and seven hogs per person — is one of the top two emitters, second only to Texas, since 1990. → Read More

Lawsuit: Iowa parole board made illegal decisions

Kathleen Kooiker, of Osceola, who served on the Board of Parole from 2018 to 2021, said she was wrongfully discharged from the paid position when she complained to the governor about former chair Helen Miller’s decision to let alternate board members make parole decisions. → Read More

Winneshiek County eyes cutting native plantings along roadsides

A majority of the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors voted earlier this month to freeze funding for the roadside vegetation management program, started in 2016, because they say that money would be better spent updating snow plows and other Secondary Roads equipment. → Read More

Northwest Junior High band chosen to play at Iowa Bandmasters conference

The Iowa Bandmasters Association chose the Northwest Junior High 8th grade band to play at the association’s annual conference in May in Des Moines. Other Corridor schools picked to play at the conference are the 6th grade band at Boulder Peak Intermediate School in Marion and the Independence High School band. → Read More

Iowa to pay $800K to remove ‘forever chemicals’ from Marengo explosion runoff

Iowa will pay a contractor up to $834,000 to remove toxic “forever chemicals” from water in a 12-million-gallon basin holding runoff from a December explosion and fire in Marengo. → Read More

Fewer Iowans donating to Chickadee Checkoff, meaning less money for wildlife diversity efforts

Donations to Iowa's Fish/Wildlife fund, informally called the Chickadee Checkoff, fell nearly 15 percent last year, but have been gradually shrinking since the fund was created in the early 1980s. → Read More

Order calls for C6-Zero to pay for Marengo blast cleanup

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources no longer has a deadline by which C6-Zero must clean up a Marengo explosion site, but is requiring the company to pay more than $400,000 for the work. → Read More

C6-Zero in court Monday to face lawsuit over cleanup

State and local regulators will be joined by C6-Zero representatives for a hearing Monday in Iowa County over whether a judge should force the company to comply with an emergency order to clean up the site of a Dec. 8 explosion and fire. → Read More

Iowa’s first cohousing neighborhood an ‘antidote to loneliness’

Ten years after founders bought an 8-acre parcel off Benton Street southwest of downtown Iowa City, Prairie Hill is developing its last of 11 buildings. Four of the five units in the new building already are sold with homeowners expected to move in by June. → Read More

University of Iowa launches new national flood prediction center

The Center for Hydrologic Development, funded with federal money, will focus on federal research and predictions, which means the Iowa Flood Center still will need state funding, director Larry Weber said. → Read More