DES MOINES – A little more than a month after earning the crown at the Tama County Fair, Belle Werner of Toledo has added another — this time representing the entire state of Iowa. Werner was crowned the 2026 Iowa State Fair Queen last Saturday evening, Aug. 15, on the Anne and Bill ...
ANKENY – Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand spoke with farmers and former Iowa governor and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Wednesday about his plans to support Iowa’s rural and agricultural economies. Vilsack said he was “excited” by Sand’s ...
An Iowa program that deploys conservation practices across an area, rather than one at a time, served as a model for a cover crop adoption program launched by American Farmland Trust. The conservation agriculture group released a guide to help producers follow the “batch and grow” cover ...
Six members of the crew of the USS Iowa SSN-797, a Virginia-class submarine officially commissioned in 2025 and home ported in Groton, Conn., visited the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown on Wednesday morning to tour the facility, answer questions from residents and enjoy lunch in the ...
“Rodeo” does not just apply to a contest between cowboys and livestock. For the second year in a row, it also applied to a contest of electrical lineman. On Tuesday, some Alliant Energy lineman were training and preparing at the Marshalltown Training Center for tomorrow’s Iowa ...
DES MOINES — As thousands of people descended upon the Iowa State Fairgrounds last Saturday to try various fried foods, take in the entertainment or just simply people watch, Bawnmore Farms of rural Chelsea — owned and operated by Joe and Francine Behounek — were recognized on the Anne ...
