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IUC proposes Summit hearing dates
By Cami Koons Iowa Capital Dispatch The Iowa Utilities Commission proposed hearing dates Monday for a permit on segments of a carbon sequestration pipeline project proposed in Iowa. Supporters of the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline said the early 2027 hearing dates should be moved up to before the end of 2026, while opponents said the proposed hearing schedule interferes with harvest, winter holidays and calving season. Opponents of the pipeline also argued that the hearings on the company’s second phase of the project should not be heard until the lawsuit over the permit for ...
Panthers take care of Drake
CEDAR FALLS - Northern Iowa opened the 2026 home slate with a matchup against Drake for Hall of Fame weekend. The Panthers scored 28 points in each half, and the defense pitched a shutout after the intermission as UNI claimed a 56-14 victory in the home opener over the Bulldogs. UNI ...
Graceland, Grand View announce partnership
By BROOKLYN DRAISEY Iowa Capital Dispatch Two Iowa private universities are collaborating to provide students interested in making their career in athletic training with a more streamlined educational path. Graceland University in Lamoni announced in a news release it has partnered with Grand View University in Des Moines to offer two pathways from Graceland’s undergraduate allied health major program to a master’s degree in athletic training from Grand View. Students who transfer directly to Grand View after graduating from Graceland will receive a 10% tuition discount, the ...
Sister: Heat may have contributed to inmate’s death
By ERIN JORDAN Iowa Capital Dispatch On one of the hottest days of the summer, with temperatures in the 90s, Robert Buel, 57, died at the Anamosa State Penitentiary. The official cause of death was arteriosclerotic and hypertensive cardiac disease, or chronic heart disease, according to ...
EPA repeals power plant rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from regulating climate pollution from power plants. The rule change, first proposed last year, represents a fundamental shift from efforts by Democratic Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama to address climate change and regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that trap the sun’s ...