Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Swaledale, Iowa for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Swaledale, Iowa for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the Iowa Sheep and Wool Promotion Board for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015

Report on the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System for the year ended June 30, 2015

Report on the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System for the year ended June 30, 2015

Status of the Iowa Workforce and Economy July 2016

Iowa Workforce Development's newsletter.

Iowa Crop Progress & Condition, July 25, 2016

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October. Formally titled: Iowa Crop and Weather Report

Audit report on Pocahontas County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2015

Audit report on Pocahontas County, Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Albion, Iowa for the period August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2015

Agreed-upon procedures report on the City of Albion, Iowa for the period August 1, 2014 through July 31, 2015

Roadside erosion research in selected Iowa counties, 1972

This research project discusses roadside stabilization along secondary roads. Another objective was to investigate various commercial soil stabilizers, as a replacement for straw mulch, to control soil erosion before vegetation.

Iowa Crop Progress & Condition, August 1, 2016

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October. Formally titled: Iowa Crop and Weather Report

Iowa AgriNews, July 29, 2016, Vol. 16, no. 15

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Previously Agri-News

Executive summary -- 2015 Corridor Management Plan - The Iowa Great River Road

The 2015 Corridor Management Plan for the Iowa Great River Road is modeled after similar plans for other National Scenic Byways: it is a dynamic, written document that describes the broad range of goals, objectives, policies, programs, projects and activities which can assist with protecting the intrinsic resources of a byway; interpreting the engaging stories of the byway; and promoting and presenting the byway with services and amenities to meet the needs and expectations of the traveling public.

Upgrading Bridge Rails on Low-Volume Roads in Iowa, TR-679, 2016

Building on previous research, the goal of this project was to identify significant influencing factors for the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to consider in future updates of its Instructional Memorandum (I.M.) 3.213, which provides guidelines for determining the need for traffic barriers (guardrail and bridge rail) at secondary roadway bridges—specifically, factors that might be significant for the bridge rail rating system component of I.M. 3.213. A literature review was conducted of policies and guidelines in other states and, specifically, of studies related to traffic barrier safety countermeasures at bridges in several states. In addition, a safety impact study was conducted to evaluate possible non-driver-related behavior characteristics of crashes on secondary road structures in Iowa using road data, structure data, and crash data from 2004 to 2013. Statistical models (negative binomial regression) were used to determine which factors were significant in terms of crash volume and crash severity. The study found that crashes are somewhat more frequent on or at bridges possessing certain characteristics—traffic volume greater than 400 vehicles per day (vpd) (paved) or greater than 50 vpd (unpaved), bridge length greater than 150 ft (paved) or greater than 35 ft (unpaved), bridge width narrower than its approach (paved) or narrower than 20 ft (unpaved), and bridges older than 25 years (both paved and unpaved). No specific roadway or bridge characteristic was found to contribute to more serious crashes. The study also confirmed previous research findings that crashes with bridges on secondary roads are rare, low-severity events. Although the findings of the study support the need for appropriate use of bridge rails, it concludes that prescriptive guidelines for bridge rail use on secondary roads may not be necessary, given the limited crash expectancy and lack of differences in crash expectancy among the various combinations of explanatory characteristics.

Unemployment Rates For Iowa Counties, June 2016

Iowa Unemployment Rates by County map produced by the Iowa Workforce Development.

Iowa Unemployment Rates by County, June 2016

Iowa Unemployment Rates by County map produced by the Iowa Workforce Development.

Iowa Department of Transportation Major Items - Preliminary Quantity Report, September 20, 2016; With Addendums

Weekly letting report