Local & State News
Iowa teachers win a prize from national tool company
A Central Lyon Industrial Technology teacher is one of two Iowa educators to receive a teaching prize of $75,000 from a national tool company. Grant Engel was surprised in an
Higher diesel costs push Wisconsin dairy farm to find savings
The high cost of fuel is squeezing margins on an east-central Wisconsin dairy farm. Janet Clark of Eldorado says diesel prices have doubled in the past year. “It makes a
GOP senator says he’ll vote no on incentives for Iowa steel mill
A Republican who serves in the Iowa legislature says he supports efforts to boost manufacturing in the United States, but State Senator Jeff Taylor of Sioux Center says he has
Challenges piling up during wet western Illinois harvest season
A Dekalb/Asgrow field agronomist says even though the calendar just turned to October, 2026 is already feeling like a long harvest season. Lance Tarochione, who covers western Illinois, says challenges
Wet Weather Slows Iowa Harvest as Farmers Wait for Fields to Dry
Persistent rainfall limited Iowa farmers to just over one day of fieldwork during the week ending September 27th, leaving corn and soybean harvest progress behind last year. The latest USDA
Safety awareness critical as combines return to the field
On-farm and roadway safety is being emphasized as the fall harvest season continues. Southwest Iowa farmer Duane Aistrope says transportation of large ag equipment will pick up the next few
Wellmark Grant Helps Sioux Center Schools Expand Student Mental Health Support
A grant from The Wellmark Foundation has helped Sioux Center Community School District add its first school psychologist and school social worker, expanding the support available to students. Superintendent Gary
Governor Braun signs executive order allowing farmers to use red-dyed diesel during harvest
Indiana Governor Mike Braun has signed an executive order to temporarily allow farmers to use red dyed diesel on state highways to reduce harvest transportation costs. The action does not
Iowa City rally calls for ICE to release mother of four
An Iowa City woman who’s being held at a detention center in Louisiana faces deportation next week to Sierra Leone, a country where she has never lived. Fatou Traore, an
Central Iowa teen arrested for murder of infant
A 19-year-old Marshalltown man is jailed in connection with a baby’s death in August. Marshalltown police were notified of a suspicious infant death at UnityPoint Health Marshalltown ER on August
