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Festival of Cheese

Get in the holiday spirit and treat your taste buds at Hansen Dairy's fourth annual Festival of Cheese.The event will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at Hansen's Dairy Waterloo, 3015 Kimball Ave.Attendees can sample high-quality cheeses and hams, and receive 10% off any cheese ...

Pest control operators continuing instruction course is Dec. 6

Grundy Center, Iowa Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Grundy County office will host a Pest Control Operators Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators on Wednesday, December 6, 2017. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide ...

GR grad named All-Iowa Conference in soccer

Decorah, Iowa - Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School graduate Hanna Christopher '15 was named all-Iowa Conference for women's soccer. This is the first time she has been so honored.The Iowa Conference all-conference team is voted upon by the head coaches of the league, who select 22 players ...

Grundy County women invited to help launch a new fundraising event

Are you interested in making a positive impact in Grundy County? Do you have limited time and resources to give to the organizations that make Grundy County a better place to live? Are you interested in meeting other community minded women? If so, then the new Grundy County 100+ Women Who ...

Practical Farmers of Iowa begins 2017 fall farminar series Nov. 14

AMES, Iowa Practical Farmers of Iowa takes their farmer-to-farmer education format online with their farminar series, beginning November 14 and continuing each Tuesday night through the end of the year. The popular webinar series offers practical knowledge for row crop, livestock and fruit and ...

Fumigation continuing instruction course is Nov. 14

Grundy Center, Iowa Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Grundy County office will host a Fumigation Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial and private fumigant pesticide applicators on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach ...

Savings incentive program

AMES, Iowa - For beginning or aspiring farmers, a few thousand dollars in start-up cash, an experienced mentor and support network, and a solid business plan can be the keys to a successful farm start-up.Practical Farmers of Iowa offers all of these to participants in their two-year Savings ...

New program to help local businesses plan for ownership transition

"Every community has a business that they would hate see close, but often that happens in rural Iowa because succession planning was not part of the process," comments Dan Beenken from University of Northern Iowa Advance Iowa. "Owners are so busy taking care of the daily demands that the time ...