Free radon test kits available to Iowa residents, while supplies last
At least half of the homes in Iowa have radon gas levels above the EPA’s action level according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. “It’s invisible, tasteless […]
Kansas growers hoping for replenished soils from weekend blizzard
A pair of central Kansas crop growers are hopeful snowfall from a weekend blizzard can help replenish soil levels. Paul Penner says much of the region is still being impacted […]
Global Dairy Trade index starts year lower
The Global Dairy Trade Index fell for a second straight trading session Tuesday. Cheese, butter, and buttermilk values rose, while powders, lactose, and anhydrous milk fat values fell. The average […]
Alex Van Kalsbeek GPAC Men’s basketball offensive player of the week

Alex Van Kalsbeek of Northwestern College is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports men’s basketball offensive player-of-the-week. Van Kalsbeek, a junior from Orange City, Iowa, averaged 29.5 points and 9.5 rebounds […]
Parmelee named GPAC Wrestler of the week

Northwestern College wrestler Noah Parmelee is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Men’s Wrestler-of-the-Week. Parmelee, a junior from Sioux City, Iowa, was one of two fourth-place finishers on the Raiders in […]
Over half of U.S. milk now being tested for H5N1
A veterinary disease expert says more than half of the raw milk produced in the U.S. is now being tested for the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Dr. Keith Poulsen with […]
Grassley is ‘ready to serve’ as president in the unlikely event he’s called
With Republicans holding the majority in the U.S. Senate, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is again serving as senate president pro tem — making the 91-year-old senator third in the line […]
Tar spot top of mind for many farmers in 2025
A field agronomist with Burrus Seed says tar spot is on many corn farmers minds heading into 2025. Dana Harder, who’s based in Missouri, says the disease continues its spread […]
IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

CLASS 4A 1 Cedar Falls 7-0 2 WDM Valley 7-2 3 Waukee Northwest 6-2 4 C.R. Kennedy 5-2 5 Johnston 7-2 6 Muscatine 6-0 7 Linn-Mar 6-2 8 Waukee 6-2 […]
Episode 42 – (N)ational (A)lliance on (M)ental (I)llness

Nate Huyser discusses the National Alliance on Mental Illness, known as NAMI, and how it has helped him with his own suicidal thoughts with Elissa O’Dell from Creative Livng Center […]