Area Scores: July 13-19, 2025
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALLClass 3A Substate 1 FinalSioux City Heelan 4, Harlan 2Class 3A Substate 2 FinalSergeant Bluff-Luton 2, MOC-Floyd Valley 0 (9) Tuesday, July 15, 2025 […]
From Boots to Bots: Farm Progress Show Spotlights the Future of Ag
This year’s Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, was all about the future—autonomy, efficiency, and sustainability were on full display. Walking the show grounds, it was impossible to miss the […]
Record year for Half Century of Progress
A co-organizer of the biennial “Half Century of Progress” vintage farm machinery show says 2025 was a record year. Russell Buhr says the volunteer-run event, hosted in Rantoul, Illinois, the […]
Sanford Health to Acquire Lewis Drug
Sanford Health has announced that Lewis Drug, the family-owned pharmacy and retail chain with 60 locations across South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, is officially joining Sanford Health. The move, expected […]
China’s holdout on US new crop beans continues
An ag economist says he’s very concerned about China’s lack of new crop soybean purchases. “At this point, China has yet to buy one bean for this upcoming marketing year,” […]
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Southern rust impacting southeast Iowa corn crop
A southeast Iowa farmer says a wetter-than-expected summer impacted the quality of his corn crop. “In July we had, depending on who you talk to, between 12-16 inches (of rain) […]
Southern rust impacting southeast Iowa corn crop
A southeast Iowa farmer says a wetter-than-expected summer impacted the quality of his corn crop. “In July we had, depending on who you talk to, between 12-16 inches (of rain) […]
Dove season opens with southern Iowa a likely hotspot
The mourning dove season in Iowa opened Monday. DNR wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says the participation by hunters and number of birds have been steady. “Basically 14 to 15-thousand hunters, […]
Iowa woman’s many trips to Yellowstone National Park turns into book
An Iowan’s passion for a national park has turned into a book and an opportunity to interact with visitors. Natalie Ogbourne of Knoxville says she took her first trip the […]