A new study finds 13-percent of all homes in America now have some sort of backyard bird flock, and the nation’s largest producer of “pet” poultry is in north-central Iowa. Rudd-based Hoover’s Hatchery sells millions of chicks every year across the country and offers more than 200 poultry breeds. Besides the many varieties of chickens, […]
Muscatine residents feel ‘helpless’ after multiple downtown buildings evacuated
June 25, 2026
Dozens of residents remain without a place to live and several businesses are closed in Muscatine after the eastern Iowa city
