State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When we think about summer gardening, most of us instinctively think about ...

Dipping recently-harvested mangoes in ozonated water more than doubled the fruit's shelf life, a new study found.

The “dog days” are here, with temperatures in the 90s and high humidity. The only dog I know (and love) who has it easy ...

Of the 60 routine inspections this week, 53 establishments required no reinspection, and 38 of those had no priority ...

All gardens occasionally benefit from a substantial work-over. In today’s column, I describe such a project in my garden. In ...

Yellow leaves on a hibiscus plant may be a symptom of overwatering, inadequate fertilizer, pests, or a sudden change in temperature or soil moisture.

In a first-of-its-kind experiment tracing evolution across 25 generations, scientists have discovered that marine ...

The Benton Franklin Health District gave 12 failing grades in safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments ...

Improper storage of TCS foods and repeated violations are among the reasons for the low score during the health inspection.

The presence of violations in a past inspection does not necessarily mean the establishment has the same violations today.