No smoke, no fire: Caller mistakes pollen blowing off Iowa trees mistaken for fire ...

[CRESTON, Iowa] — A 911 call about a possible grass fire in south-central Iowa turned out to be puffs of pollen. A homeowner ...

Pollen season is here and while it's usually easy to recognize on trees or cars, sometimes looks can be deceiving, as video ...

A 911 call for possible smoke in Iowa leads crews to cedar trees releasing huge pollen clouds, not fire. No danger found.

So far this year — setting aside the January freezes — our weather has been dominated by breezy, dry cold fronts, each one stirring up cedar, aka Ashe juniper, pollen as it sweeps through. We are in ...