Boyden Man Charged with Grooming and Enticing a Minor Following Undercover Investigation
A Boyden man faces two felony charges after authorities allege he exchanged sexually explicit messages with an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old boy and traveled to meet him near […]
Area Scores: September 20-26, 2026
Saturday, September 26, 2026 GPAC FOOTBALLDoane 35, Waldorf 7Dordt 51, Concordia 21Midland 49, Dakota Wesleyan 0Morningside 42, Mount Marty 7Northwestern 33, Hastings 26 GPAC VOLLEYBALLConcordia 3, Dakota Wesleyan 0 (25-22, […]
USDA is sued after leaving Iowa farmers on the hook for solar programs
A group representing Iowa farmers is among those suing the USDA after significant rule changes to the Rural Energy for America Program. They claim new eligibility requirements illegally cut solar […]
Anita Van Ravenhorst & Kae Van Engen
Women’s Harvest Extravaganza
Thompson visits Missouri; farm bill negotiations continue ahead of lame-duck session
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson told farmers in northern Missouri late last week the U.S. House and Senate Ag Committees have been working out the details of the […]
An older and new way of food production
Kentucky farmer and author Wendell Berry once said, “the soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all”. Which means farmers and ranchers are entrusted to […]
Corn, soybean export inspections down on week, still solid
Corn and soybean export inspections during the week ending October 1st were above what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. Most of that corn was headed to […]
CME cash dairy prices mostly higher Monday, stronger cheese and whey prices
Cash dairy prices were mostly up Monday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.01 to $0.8350. No sales were reported. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.01 to $1.3250. One sale was […]
Radio Iowa High School Football Poll 10/5/26
Class 5A 1. Southeast Polk (6-0), LW #1 @ #9 Waukee Northwest 2. Dowling Catholic (5-1), LW #2 @ #5 Waukee 3. Johnston (5-1), LW #3 @ #6 Sioux City […]
Black Sea uncertainty boosts wheat market
A market analyst says wheat futures started the week with a surge. Greg McBride, director of brokerage for Allendale, says that’s due to escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. “Russian […]