HUMBOLDT — Heading west out of Humboldt on Iowa Highway 3 along the north side of the road sits a barn — which may not be an unusual site, but what some may not realize is, it’s not an old barn that has been restored, but rather a newer build. Roger Myers built the 60-by-40-foot ...
Nine prizes in addition to a hog raffle where two halves of a hog were given away as part of the 2019 Farm News Ag Show that was held Dec. 4-5 at the Iowa Central East Campus in Fort Dodge. In addition to the usual drawings for prizes, new to this year’s show was a $200 Fareway gift ...
SPENCER—The 2019 edition of the Clay County Fair (CCF) was one that was noticed by others in the ‘fair world,’ as it scooped up 14 awards and cemented fair manager Jeremy Parsons into a leadership role in the International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE). This all took place at the IAFE convention held earlier this month in San Antonio, Tx. “Fourteen awards is unprecedented for us,” said Parsons. “It’s good to get feedback from other fairs and find out if the programming we’re (presenting) is quality, and how it stacks up against other fairs. Obviously an ...
Ryan Davis, of Fort Dodge, started driving for DoorDash, a mobile food order delivery service, in July to be able to spend more time with his grandmother, who was ill. Davis also owns First Source Cellular and being in the store all day kept him away from his grandmother at home. He heard ...
GOLDFIELD — It’s the last round barn standing in Wright County. In fact, it’s one of the last round barns in Iowa. It’s located southwest of Goldfield in Eagle Grove Township, and it’s close to the Boone River that inspired the name Riverview Farm, which can still be read in the ...
People aren’t buying as much gold jewelry as they were in previous decades, according to Marilyn Simonson, owner of Wicker Jewelers. And the rise of online retail companies like Amazon has certainly impacted the number of shoppers at brick and mortar stores. But Wicker, 700 Central Ave., ...
