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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful ...

Tiling in Wisconsin is especially beneficial during years with high precipitation. But it may cause other unintended impacts.

Farm drainage is a relatively straightforward process. Farmers bury a series of underground tile lines in their fields with the tile emptying into the open ditches that people are accustomed to seeing ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: For more information on the research this article was based on, visit the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation online, at this link to the article ...

The role that farm drainage plays in area flooding has long been a hot-button issue. But debate became even more heated after record flooding this spring, at least judging by comments on online chat ...

MANKATO, Minn.—Seth Greenwood has watched parts of Seven Mile Creek County Park between Mankato and St. Peter disappear. ” The Minnesota River is eating the bank away,” said the Nicollet County public ...

Vermont dairy farm fields. Photo by Terry J. Allen/VTDigger [A] legislative committee decided Thursday to postpone a vote on amending farm water quality rules following objections from environmental ...

There’s not much doubt that Osage’s Dallas Kuper is a man with a plan. The former Osage High School wrestling standout and 2008 graduate of Iowa State University has started a new local business ...

MANKATO — A dramatic increase in the flows of area rivers and the related damage they bring was a focus of the Minnesota River Congress meeting in Mankato Thursday night. Chris Lenhart of the ...