Precision Breeding
Precision breeding can help farmers address challenges by designing customized products that are fit for every acre. The head of North American hybrid product development, Michael Kovach, explains more in […]
Exhibit highlighting innovation in rural America opens in central Iowa
A traveling museum exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that focuses on innovation in rural America is now open in Newton, the third of four host cities in Iowa. Erin Chambers, […]
Area Scores: December 29, 2024 – January 4, 2025
Saturday, January 4, 2025 GPAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALLBriar Cliff 69, Hastings 48Doane 73, Morningside 71Dordt 88, Concordia 85 (OT)Mount Marty 93, Waldorf 51Northwestern 87, Midland 48 GPAC MEN’S BASKETBALLBriar Cliff 103, […]
One person dies in Menlo house fire
A house fire Tuesday morning in the western Iowa town of Menlo claimed the life of an elderly woman. The first Menlo firefighter on the scene banged on the exterior […]
Like most people, our cell phones don’t like the cold, either
Forecasters say Iowa may not see temperatures above 32-degrees again for at least another week, and prolonged exposure to extreme cold can cause all sorts of havoc for our bodies […]
Poll shows Iowa farmers are under more stress, pessimistic about future
More farmers reported higher levels of stress last year compared to 2022 in the latest Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, which surveyed nearly 950 farmers statewide. Most of the […]
