WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) are spearheading efforts to determine the impacts of using farmland for both agricultural and energy production. The bipartisan Protecting Future Farmland Act will ...
People who live in the metro areas of Iowa may be unaware, but good citizens who reside in rural Iowa are painfully cognizant local hospitals are in desperate financial condition and losing the fight to remain in operation. The good news, if we can label it as such, is the problem is ...
As of July 1st, 2023, Garwin United Methodist Church officially disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church (UMC) denomination and changed its name to Garwin Valley Community Church. We joined 100+ churches across Iowa and 6,000+ across the nation to do so this year, with more joining ...
The hunting and trapping seasons will soon be upon us. Here are some highlights and changes for the upcoming 2023-24 seasons as listed on page 6 of the recently published 2023-24 Hunting Regulation Booklet. The Iowa Legislature passed a law allowing landowners or tenants to dispatch ...
You may have heard these terms bantered about in the media. They have strange names and impact our weather. Let’s take a look at El Niño and La Niña and how they impact us. Before we start, let's describe how these events got their names. During the 1700s, fishermen, living on the ...
Climate change is predicted to bring more frequent and more severe heat waves that can have severe consequences for people and wildlife, including birds. All will need to find ways to escape the heat. According to information from the National Audubon Society, birds can reduce their ...
This week our scriptures draw us to looking at some of the Promises of God. The Bible is full of promises, so many that it is hard to know where to begin. Today we will look at the scriptures. The first is Hebrews 4:12-16. 12 God's word is alive and working and is sharper than a ...
Some days living in San Diego would be the dream. On the iPhone Weather app, it always looks to be around 70 degrees and sunny every day. Iowa sometimes gets these temperatures but only for four days. The other days it is at or above these temperatures, it is always humid. No ocean breeze can ...
Have you ever tried to take a shortcut on something with good intentions, but it backfired and left you embarrassed? Peter Marty wrote in The Christian Century (7/31/2019) of when he and his wife were first married and they efficiently gave another couple a wedding gift – one of two ...
One of the things I love about the Iowa State Fair is that you always run into someone you didn’t expect to meet. This year was no different: while refilling drinks for folks at the Iowa Pork Tent, I encountered an organ donor wearing a t-shirt promoting the importance of this selfless ...