The Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District hosted a cover crop workshop on July 22nd at the Grundy County Fair. Between 50 and 75 farmers were in attendance throughout the day. Farmers were engaged throughout the half day event, asking 5-10 questions after each speaker."Farmers are ...
More than half of Iowa farmland is rented, and the percentage of farmland rented has increased over time due to the changing demographics of farmland owners. Iowa farmland cash rental rates decreased overall this past year. Farmland values have also decreased.Iowa State University Extension and ...
The descendants of the Henry and Minnie Goettsch family met for a family reunion, Sunday, July 19, 2015. Twenty-two attended at the Gladbrook Memorial Building in Gladbrook, iowa. The family of Laura Goettsch Sienknecht hosted the event. After a bountiful potluck dinner, introductions and ...
Garwin High School’s Class of 1965 gathered for its 50th class reunion the weekend of July 31/August 1. The ’65 graduating class of 36 members was the largest in the history of the school at that time. The festivities kicked off Friday evening with a cocktail gathering at the Garwin ...
She was writing book reviews for a Sioux City newspaper, which even 10 years ago wasn't considered eye-grabbing material for the masses. An editor asked her to take on a series of cold cases - unsolved murders - the kind you see on TV shows. People love that stuff.With three unfinished novels ...
Evansdale The theories have been plenty. Most lead to nothing.Yet, investigators keep listening because they hope that hidden in the often-irrelevant information is a nugget that, crazy as it may seem at first blush, will help them catch whoever killed Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth ...
DES MOINES | In its three years in operation, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation's Cold Case Unit brought to close two unsolved homicide cases dating as far back as the 1970s.The unit was shut down in 2011 after the federal grant that funded it ran out. But DCI officials said they ...
It was a typical summer day in 1967. Leota Camp kissed a goodbye to her husband, Ray, as he went off to his job at the Iowa Employment Security Commission. Like the many other stay-at-home mothers in the working-class Des Moines neighborhood on Fleming Avenue, a block east of Lower Beaver Road, ...
Grab your I-phone or digital camera and shoot a photo of your favorite attractive Iowa location! Keep Iowa Beautiful is pleased to announce the 6th Keep Iowa Beautiful Photography Contest aimed at raising awareness of Iowa's beauty. This photo contest offers both amateur and experienced ...
The Mission, to provide comfort and dignity to vulnerable children in the midst of sadness and uncertain situations that are beyond their control. By providing a duffel bag and a few comfort items we are trying to give hope and dignity to children who end up in emergency transitional situations ...