DES MOINES – Governor Kim Reynolds signed a measure changing the state’s economic development program to provide up to $1.4 billion in tax incentives for a $15 billion steel mill first announced in Washington D.C. at a news conference. Iowa Capital Dispatch reports House File 2801 was approved by a 75-17 vote in the Iowa House and 28-19 in the Senate, and modifies the state’s Major Economic Growth Attraction (MEGA) program to further incentivize the development project planned in Lee County. The steel mill could create 1,750 permanent jobs by 2030.
PEOSTA – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fish kill at the Little Maquoketa River near the City of Peosta in Dubuque County. On October 1, the DNR Field Office in Manchester was notified of a possible manure release and fish kill in an unnamed tributary of the Little Maquoketa River, north of Peosta. Upon arrival, staff observed dead fish and murky conditions in the tributary. Officials identified manure runoff from an animal feeding operation as the source.
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