The Office of Consumer Advocate is asking the Iowa Utilities Commission to require additional information and a hearing for an Iowa gas peaker plant planned for Cerro Gordo County. Interstate Power and Light Company, an Iowa branch of Alliant Energy, applied for a certificate of public ...
Iowa corn and soybean crops are slightly behind typical harvest and maturity schedules as farmers had less than two days suitable for field work due to rainy conditions over the past week. The latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows Iowa farmers ...
PHOTO VIA THE MID-IOWA ENTERPRISE Queen Avery Buck, left, and King Beckham DeSotel were crowned the 2026 West Marshall Homecoming Royalty during a coronation ceremony held last week.
Now a year removed from the controversy surrounding last year’s event as an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease affected the city, the organizers behind Oktemberfest are excited to bring Marshalltown’s famous family-friendly festival back to the downtown area for its 40th edition this ...
The annual Swine ‘n’ Dine at Elim Lutheran Church is seven days earlier this year, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to the House of Compassion. Margaret Wolfe with the Elim Outreach Committee said the decision was made because a Catholic Church event - Francis Fest - was scheduled for the same day. “So, we moved it up a week,” she said. Francis Fest is set for Oct. 4 at St. Francis Catholic School. On the Swine ‘n’ Dine menu this year, Wolfe said people will have pulled pork, baked beans, coleslaw, chips and various homemade desserts made by women of the ...
As agricultural land prices have increased drastically over the past two decades and young, want-to-be farmers have an increasingly difficult time starting their operations, politicians nationally, and here in Iowa, have questioned if corporate or foreign interests are to blame. Iowa ...
