The northwest Iowa town of Graettinger claims to have the state’s oldest Labor Day celebration, and another edition starts this afternoon. Event co-chair Phillip Schmidt says the tradition had humble beginnings 127 years ago. “We started as a one-day event in a pasture with a tent and a traveling carnival,” Schmidt says. “We’ve grown to […]
Iowa heart expert says shoveling too much snow can be a killer
This is the deadliest week of the year for heart attacks in Iowa, and one potential cause is overexertion which, for
