Dordt athletes earn weekly GPAC awards
Corinne Braun of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC women’s track athlete-of-the-week. Braun, a freshman from Canton, South Dakota, hit the ‘A’ standard and qualified for nationals in two events […]
More than two thousand dairy products entered in contest
More than 24-hundred entries have been received for this year’s United States Championship Cheese Contest®. The U.S. championships are hosted in odd numbered years, and the World Championships in even […]
Small amounts of ice can mean big trouble for Iowa drivers
Iowans are warned our sidewalks and roads may be dangerously icy this afternoon and tonight as a winter storm front moves across the state, bringing the potential for freezing rain. […]
Getting Corn Plants Off to a Strong Start with Seed Treatments
Corn plants often face many challenges throughout the growing season. In this episode of Managing for Profit, South Dakota-based DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist, Jeff Fuls, explains more. The post Getting […]
Naig Backs Trump’s Biofuel Initiatives and USDA Leadership Nominee
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on ag actions in first weeks of Trump Administration, issuing the following statement: “President Donald Trump hit the ground running with a whirlwind […]
Sharply colder air settles-in; a more active pattern gets underway across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, colder air is arriving in the wake of a cold front’s passage, with snow showers developing downwind of unfrozen sections of the Great Lakes. Wednesday’s Midwestern […]
Iowans need to beware and be prepared for icy roads later today
Forecasters say wide sections of Iowa may see a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain later today and driving could quickly become treacherous. Pete Hjelmstad, a spokesman for the […]
Illness taking a toll as some Iowa schools forced to close
Schools in Webster City and Sioux City are closed today as more than 20% of their kids are out sick, and an elementary in the Laurens-Marathon district was closed Tuesday […]