GOWRIE — The colorful silk scarves created by Karen McCubbin, of Gowrie, go through a special process before they become a finished product. The scarves are put in a bowl of water and then heated up — in a microwave. “When I tell people I make the scarves in the microwave, they ...
AYRSHIRE — If one didn’t know it was there, a person would drive right past the acreage of David C. Loomis. West of Ayrshire on the Highway to Heaven (420th St), you can find a quarter-mile long lane that, when the corn is tall, seemingly goes nowhere. Follow that lane and you will come upon the secluded acreage where David Loomis and his wife, Nuesa call home. Loomis purchased the acreage in 2007 from the Wilbur Wernimont Trust. “I was gone from the area 49 years,” Loomis said. “I joined the Air Force right after I graduated in 1958.” He spent almost 23 years in ...
ALTOONA — Is your fuel killing you? It was no accident the 2020 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit raised this provocative question right before consumer advocate Erin Brockovich took the stage. “This is a price we shouldn’t be willing to pay, especially when there are accessible, affordable options,” said Carol Werner, director emeritus and senior policy fellow with the Environmental and Energy Study Institute in Washington, D.C., who spoke in favor of ethanol. Ethanol reduces aromatics, a pleasant-sounding term for dangerous air toxins like benzene in gasoline. Benzene is a ...
Keenan Schuur, who has been an agent at Coldwell Banker Associated Realtors for five years, has joined Troy Anderson as co-owner of the Fort Dodge brokerage. Schuur, a 2007 St. Edmond High School graduate, obtained his broker’s license about a year ago. He became a co-owner on Jan. 2. ...
AUBURN — A walk through Jeff and Ellen Frank’s barn west of Auburn is like getting a glimpse of history up close, if you know how to interpret the clues. While the interior looks a lot different than when the barn was new in 1909, traces of the past remain. “Horses used to be on the west side of the barn, while milk cows were kept on the east,” said Jeff Frank, who lives on the Century Farm with his wife, Ellen. “My dad had about five Holstein cows when I was growing up. I never milked by hand, but my older brothers did.” The Frank’s Century Farm dates back to ...
Kelly and Heather Sayer have always felt a calling to help others connect and make positive changes in their lives. And they have been able to accomplish that through their work at Sayer Counseling, 1728 Central Ave., Suite 10. The couple opened their office in May of 2017. They ...
