The regional water authority says the climate factor needs to be watched as a very strong El Nino is forecasted.

The parasitic illness causes explosive diarrhea and there are thousands of cases in nine states. Iowa Health and Human Services says they are completing interviews and reporting to the CDC.

Maffitt Reservoir got called to duty in a big way this year. A record-making way. "Maffitt Reservoir reached unprecedented low levels this summer," says Tami Madsen, the executive director of Central ...