In addition to the conditions lessening in much of the state, a good part of eastern Iowa is now just “abnormally dry.” More, plus map, at the Register’s website.
If you look at the numbers, there’s a tiny tiny ray of greater hope: .09% of the state, a little tiny piece at the Louisa/Des Moines county line at the Mississippi River, officially is not in a drought. That’s the first time any of the state has been in that condition in months.