On Friday, March 6, the Hills Community Center hosted a meeting on tile runoff monitoring led by David Cwiertny, a professor at the University of Iowa.

University of Iowa researchers found that water purchased from standalone water kiosks in several states contained lead. David Cwiertny, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and IIHR research engineer, co-led the project.

The House passed a bill Wednesday to create and implement a statewide, 30-year resilience plan to protect state life, property and other assets in the event of a flood or other water-related disaster. Rep. John Wills, R-Spirit Lake, said the legislation was a “visionary bill” that “redefines” how the state protects itself from “floods, droughts and shifting water supplies.”