Local litter traps installed throughout the community have been collecting discarded garbage for over a decade ...

"So my dream was to just do the dirty work, pick up trash and do it consistently." The Mission Creek area was very important with the solid runoff that location gets after rain storms.

Weather Watcher Dylan Vogelsang sent a picture of his trash can in Desloge peppered with ... "Looks like we had a classic case of 'dirty rain' or 'dust rain' this morning around the area ...

After the snow, hail and rain the state has seen over the last week ... Many Iowans likely woke up to a film of brown dust on their cars, trash cans and sidewalks. The dirty rainwater has fallen ...