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Fumigation course set for Nov. 15

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, Nov. 15, 2016.The local attendance site for the Nov. 15 CIC is Grundy County Extension & ...

Rising Sun Karate promotions for October

The following student was promoted to White Belt W/Yellow Stripe:Cameron MeyerThe following student was promoted to Green Belt:Connor MillerThe following students were promoted to Brown Belt:Lily Dirksen - Derek HannaThe following student was promoted to 1st. Degree Black Belt:Jacob KruseThe ...

Cover crop field day planned for Nov. 17

Ames, Iowa-Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Dry Run Creek Watershed and Practical Farmers of Iowa, will host a cover crop field day Thursday, November 17th. The 12:00-2:00 p.m. field day near Cedar Falls is free and open to the public. It includes a complimentary lunch.Attendees will ...

Hawkeye Community College to host veterans day ceremony

WATERLOOHawkeye Community College will hold its annual Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, November 11, 2016, at 12:15 p.m. in Tama Hall on Hawkeye's Main Campus, 1501 East Orange Road, Waterloo. Guest speaker will be David Greene, World War II veteran and survivor of the Battle of Iwo Jima.Born ...

Ag marketing clubs to discuss merchandising 2016 grain

Despite record Iowa and U.S corn and soybean production and yield forecasts for 2016, cash flow will likely prove challenging for many farms. Extra bushels should benefit a farm's total crop revenue, but most of these bushels are unpriced and will have higher fixed costs associated with storage ...

Ornamental and turfgrass applicators course offered Nov. 9

Grundy County will offer the Ornamental and Turfgrass Applicators Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. The program can be seen at locations across Iowa through the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety ...

Class Reunion Gladbrook High School Class of 1951

The Gladbrook Class of 1951 celebrated their 65th class reunion on Friday, October 21. Six members, Albert Dierks, Richard Denbow, Janice Lynch Larsen, George Goos, Henry Horstmann and Allen Eggers attended. George Goos and Henry Horstmann hosted the celebration. They welcomed the class ...

Gladbrook Public Library

Greetings from the Gladbrook Library We had a Great Week filled with our Adult Coloring Class and Children’s Story Hour...this week’s theme was “Harvest’. We learned how shuck and shell corn by hand, spent time coloring pictures, had a tasty corn treat and read books about farming and ...

Fall Festival at St. Patrick Church

PARKERSBURG - St. Patrick Church will host a fall festival dinner and raffle from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sun., Nov. 6. The event will be in the parish hall, 304 Second St., Parkersburg. Carry-outs and local delivery are available. To order that day, call 319-346-1411.A Country Store will also ...

Trunk n treat

Trunk 'n' TreatWednesday, October 26, 6:00 p.m.Trunk 'n' Treat, a safe Halloween alternative, will be held at Colfax Center Church, Wednesday, October 26, 2016.At 6:00 a light meal will be served, followed by the play "The Heavenly Express," and then Trunk 'n' Treat time. Activities will finish ...