DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October. "After a slow start due to the wet weather, harvest is now ...
Q: Why are you co-sponsoring a bill to reform delivery of mental health services? A: Although we are making important strides in this country to end a stigma tied to mental illness, there is broad agreement that we still have work to do to close the gap between mental health illness and ...
A necessary part of work today involves trainings. Workplace safety trainings, certifications, re-certifications, and continuing education. A lot has changed in these requirements during my thirty-six years with Grundy County Conservation. But a lot has changed in this world during that time, ...
I have a friend who reads clocks. Not reads in the typical sense of noting the time, but reads as in looking to see patterns in the numbers. There is a certain beauty in discovering order or meaningful sequences and my thoughtful friend finds this in clocks. After she told me about her habit ...
Autumn Thoughts Charles Kingsley wrote: “oh, the splendor of the universe! For many of us autumn time is the most glorious of all the year. God has dipped His paint brush in His palette of colors and splashed the hills and woods and fields with robes of saffron and crimson and gold and ...
10 YEARS AGOOCT. 5, 2006Illegal dumping going on at the waste sites. City Council discussed several options to halt this practice.JoAnn Billerbeck named to 2006 4-H Hall of Fame.Mr. & Mrs. Warren Witt will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 14 with an open house.Mr. ...
Last week when ending the news column, I got the bright idea for this week's topic. No See Ums.Of course, last week I was talking about those pesky and even dangerous mosquitoes. This week's subject consumes blood, as well but in a biting rather than a sucking action. The end result, however, ...
Last week when ending the news column, I got the bright idea for this week’s topic. No See Ums. Of course, last week I was talking about those pesky and even dangerous mosquitoes. This week’s subject consumes blood, as well but in a biting rather than a sucking action. The end result, ...
of life depend on a healthy environment. That’s why we’re always looking for solutions to Iowa’s water quality challenges. The Legislature established a Water Quality Initiative in 2013 as part of a strategy to reduce to nitrogen and phosphorus in our waterways by 45 percent. Over the ...
Most of my friends are doing it. I’ve always been a little stunted so I’m not quite there yet. It will come soon enough. The next stage. From what I can tell, it’s one of rediscovery, independence and running to the store together for milk. (Because you can.) I still have kids at home. ...