Don't feel guilty if your weekend was a washout, and don't despair if your grass is taller and the weeds are higher by the time you get around to weekly landscape maintenance in a few days. ...more

June 24, 2008

Even before the Iowa River used Oakville as a shortcut to the Mississippi, there wasn't much there: A post office, a convenience store, a tavern and a little restaurant. ...more

June 19, 2008

The state of Iowa has suffered Mother Nature's wrath in a way Floridians who suffered through the storms of 2004 and 2005 can relate. After one of the most brutal winters in memory, this spring brought a record number of tornadoes, torrential rain and now a 500-year flood that has left thousands of Iowans homeless. ...more

June 18, 2008

Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000. ...more

June 14, 2008

The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets. ...more

June 13, 2008

Authorities said floods in southern Mexico have destroyed or damaged the homes of as many as half a million people, as rescue workers focused Sunday on reaching isolated communities surrounded by water for almost a week. ...more

November 5, 2007

Jerry Maxwell, who guided Tampa Bay Water from its birth during the regional water wars to a period of regional cooperation in finding new sources of water, announced Wednesday he will retire from his job as general manager effective Feb. 28. ...more

September 20, 2007