Katy Lynn Boutique is booming. Krista Albright launched a Fort Dodge location for the enterprise on Central Avenue in October 2014. The business has grown so fast that she has moved twice, most recently to 2415 Fifth Ave. S. — the city’s thriving Corridor of Commerce. Additionally, ...
The first half of April 2018 is going down in the record books, and not in the way most Iowans prefer. “From a historical standpoint, we’re setting records on the early part of April through April 15,” said Dennis Todey, director of the National Laboratory for Agriculture and the ...
BOONE — Fareway Stores Inc. has a long tradition of conserving natural resources that dates back to 1938. From the beginning, Fareway’s green initiatives have included recycling, reusing, and reclaiming and these practices continue to be front and center as the company recognizes Earth ...
The overwhelming majority of businesses in the Hawkeye State are small business — those with fewer than 500 employees. According to Debi Durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, 97 percent of Iowa’s businesses fall into that category. Not only in Iowa, but also all ...
The calendar may show it is the middle of April, but Mother Nature appears to be late to the spring planting party. Unseasonably cold and snowy conditions this spring is delaying the start to the 2018 growing season, but experts agree, once the weather begins to turn around, producers will ...
The cool, wet early spring weather conditions means some corn and soybean fields will be planted later than normal. Producers might be wondering what options they have under their multiple peril crop insurance coverage. Insured acres that have already been planted but need to be replanted, ...
Hardwood floors long have been used in residences and other buildings. Carpet became a more popular flooring choice for locales in the middle decades of the 20th century. In recent decades, however, the appeal of hardwood has been rebounding. Midwest Hardwood Flooring, 3204 10th Ave. S., ...
ALBERT CITY — Iowa Pork Producers Association President Gregg Hora and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig have announced their continued partnership in funding for pig farmers interested in the new nutrient loss reduction technologies. The announcement was made in Albert City last ...
McCallie Jaeschke fulfilled a longtime ambition on Jan. 30. She launched Salon Five One Five at 1903 First Ave. S. Jaeschke co-owns this new business with Michael Payne. “I’ve been in the hair industry for eight years,” Jaeschke said. “Opening my own salon has always been my ...
DES MOINES — The Jason Folsom family from Calhoun County has been named the winner of the Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced Thursday. Naig will present the award to the family on Tuesday. The ceremony will be at the Expo Center on the ...
SPENCER — Ray Gaesser was born in Indiana, but he chose to live and farm in Iowa, where he has lived for the past 40 years. Today, he is committing to his love of the state by running as a Republican candidate for the position of Iowa secretary of agriculture, following the appointment ...
For the fourth time in five years, Rides Bar & Grill, of Fort Dodge, has made the top 10 best burger in the 2018 Iowa’s Best Burger contest and is now in the running for the best burger in Iowa. Each year the Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association seek ...
A transition has taken place at Snell Settlement Services. It is now owned by the Crimmins & Kehm Law Firm and has moved from its longtime home in the Snell Building to the law firm’s office at 706 First Ave. N. Snell Settlement Services was created in 2002 by Kurt T. Pittner, a Fort ...
A group of Iowa farm women became a part of history Monday night as the 100th graduating class of Annie’s Project. About 20 women were in the program, which is designed to strengthen women’s roles in the modern farm enterprise. Annie’s Project fosters problem solving, record keeping ...
The state is looking for volunteer weather watchers who are willing to measure precipitation and report it regularly to provide much-needed help to meteorologists and others to help track drought conditions. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship’s State Climatology Office ...
FARNHAMVILLE — The town of Farnhamville is about to get a little more lucky. In fact, it isn’t just luck — citizens of the town have put in a lot of hard work and funding which will pay off when the Lucky Pig Farnhamville opens next month. The new restaurant, in a main street ...
The primary goal of No Risk Rides is to make sure people get home safely, according to its owner and operator, Craig Davis, of Spencer. No Risk Rides is a taxi cab company based in Spencer. Davis recently expanded his operations to include Fort Dodge. That service began March 3. What ...
SPENCER — Robb Fraley told a large group of grain and livestock producers and FFA students at the Northwest Iowa Ag Outlook event in Spencer last month to remain optimistic about agriculture in the years ahead. “There has never been a more exciting time to be in agriculture,” Fraley ...
In the late summer of 1976, not long after graduating from Creighton University School of Law, Kurt T. Pittner arrived in Fort Dodge to begin work as an assistant county attorney in the office of then-County Attorney William Thatcher. Concluding that Fort Dodge was a good place to call home ...
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry Foundation is now accepting applications for Business Horizons, a college and career summer program for high school students grades nine through 12. During the week, participants gain unique hands-on experience in the world of business and ...