There was a time when Azzi Bukhari had little money to speak of when he began working in Fort Dodge. “I had no money, believe me,” Bukhari said from inside his new store called New Starr, located at 704 Ave. C. Pakistan-born Bukhari began as a worker in 2015 at New Star Liquor and ...
AMES — It took some convincing, but Madeline Schultz finally decided to add to her job duties at Iowa State Extension and Outreach 11 years ago. Schultz, who is program manager with the ISU Department of Economics and member of the ISU Extension and Outreach farm management team, added the position of leader of the ISU Extension and Outreach Women in Ag Program back in 2008. “Like a lot of other people, I would say mentors are important,” she said. “This wasn’t something I was thinking about doing. It was Mary Holz-Claus, assistant director of Extension and Outreach at the ...
AMES — As a less than desirable growing season continues, if you happen to come upon an insect or diseased plant and are having troubles making a diagnosis, look no further than to the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic on the Iowa State University Campus in Ames for help. Ed Zaworski, plant pathologist at the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic, said they moved to their new, larger state of the art clinic located in the university’s new Advanced Teaching and Research Building in May 2018 from their previous location in Bessey Hall. “For us, and our lab use, this new location is ...
When Maddie Lind became the owner of Creative Signs and Graphics in the summer of 2017, she thought pretty hard about changing the name of the 20-year-old business. But Lind, who had worked for the previous owners Mike and Gina Cone since 2013, ultimately decided not to. “When I took ...
LYTTON — If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Ben Albright’s first grade school photo tells an entire story. While the “battle scar” on his head might have upset some kids, it didn’t bother this farmer-in-training. “I proudly displayed a goose egg from an ...
DES MOINES — With all the attractions and distractions at the Iowa State Fair, it seems unlikely — improbable even — that one of the most popular destinations for kids was a booth filled with wooden toy barns at the Walnut Center. There wasn’t a computer screen or a digital device in sight as kids and their parents explored the barns hand-crafted by John Kauffman, 48, of Eagle Grove. The kids weren’t easily distracted as they explored every door, gate and livestock pen in the barns. Creativity soared as young fairgoers imagined they were working in a real barn. ...
