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You live in Iowa, the corn state, and don't already have ethanol blended gasoline? For shame! Up here in Minn-e-so-ta, by government mandate, we've used 10% ethanol blended gas for years. It's actually tough to find straight gasoline and if you can find it, you're restricted as to what you can use it in (in reality, you can use it in whatever you want). You should have no problems; manufacturers gave the ok many years ago.
Iowa must be subsidizing ethanol as it's actually more expensive to produce than gasoline. Minnesota does also. And, as Todd says, your mileage will drop a bit. Ethanol has roughly half the BTUs as gasoline by volume. On the plus side, it's an octane booster. Something about high latent heat content (which is why it's used at the Indy 500 and other car races). On my turbo-charged 1988 Chrysler Conquest (that I no longer own but - sometimes - wished I did) I saw a 2-4 MPG drop on ethanol over straight gas. On my current Nissan Sentra, I can't tell the difference.
The promoted advantage to ethanol is a cleaner exhaust (this is disputed by many), but my cynical side says it's a rural vote buying scheme. Even though ethanol producing plants can make a profit, they still receive subsidies from the state. I don't like it, but as Iowa is even more rural than Minnesota (isn't it?), you're going to be stuck with them for years.
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They're coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
- Napoleon XIV
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