BOONE – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins spoke to producers Tuesday at Iowa’s Farm Progress Show and announced plans to “modernize” agricultural data reporting with the goal of making it more accurate and less burdensome for farmers. Rollins traveled to state fairs and ...
One of the few remaining World War II veterans in central Iowa passed away recently at the Iowa Veterans Home (IVH) in Marshalltown. Ralph Alshouse, 102, an IVH resident and a Navy pilot during World War II, died Aug. 21 at the facility, according to Commandant Todd Jacobus. Sadly, he ...
The defendants in the lawsuit brought forward by the Animal Rescue League (ARL) of Marshalltown against Marshall County, the City of Laurel and County Attorney Jordan Gaffney have filed responses to the claims against them and demanded a jury trial. When ARL Executive Director Austin Gillis announced the lawsuit in a July 6 press conference, he referred to two incidents in May when the ARL traveled to Laurel, responding to law enforcement calls for assistance. In the first incidents, the ARL took in six cats, seven and two dogs; and four cats in the second. The animals remained with ...
A Marshalltown-based real estate agency has been announced as one of three finalists in the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA’s) 2026 Iowa Homeownership Incubator contest and will have a chance to compete for $40,000 in marketing funding to develop and promote the campaign in partnership with the ...
TAMA – Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour thought his chess-playing days were over after giving up the mind sport half a century ago following high school. But through his work with the private, non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School, he’s picked up the game again after all these ...
Less than 10% of Iowa corn acres have reached the mature stage as of the latest crop progress and condition report, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture anticipates some reports of harvested acres to appear in the next weekly report. According to the USDA report for the Aug. 24 through ...
