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One of Iowa’s state universities sees enrollment increase in fall semester

Iowa’s public universities have welcomed thousands of students back to campus this fall, with each institution touting either increased interest, enrollment or retention. Of Iowa’s three public universities, only the University of Northern Iowa welcomed a larger first-year and total ...

Naig wants to ‘shift culture, leave agriculture better’

As part of the Keep Iowa Growing tour, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig stopped briefly and stumped at the Tom Mead farm northwest of Marshalltown on Wednesday. Mead said his farm hosted Naig during Rep. Ashley Hinson’s (R-Iowa) stop last month. A member of Naig’s staff called ...

Start of September was ‘one of the warmest’ on record as harvest nears

With a statewide average weekly temperature of 79.8 degrees Fahrenheit, Iowa had one of its hottest starts to September on record, according to State Climatologist Justin Glisan. The weekly average temperature was more than 11 degrees above the normal for the week, according to Glisan’s ...