The Iowa Environmental Council wants to force the state's Environmental Protection Commission to adopt flood plain maps to comply with a law that says animal-feeding operations can’t be built near ...

Director of Development, Crystal Surdyk, talks to the council about how everything with the zoning change near Jackson-Taylor Park will adhere to flood plain regulations. P-J photo by Sara Holthouse ...

12:22 p.m. July 14, 2025: Updated to include maps of flood risk model and FEMA 100-year flood plain Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year ...

The new flood plain map for Colfax County could be adopted in the next nine months after approval was pushed back almost a year so communities could review the changes. Schuyler City Clerk Mary ...

Aug. 17--Some Franklin County property owners may have to begin investing in flood insurance, while others may be allowed to cancel their policies next year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ...