The very tops of houses peek through the murky water, people’s belongings floating inside the once-livable homes. Grain housed in submerged steel bins spills out onto the ground, completely ruined. Countless livestock drowned. The slowly receding floodwaters reveal just how ...
Home builder Eric Doyle has been providing customized, “panelized” homes with a quick turnaround for almost four years now in Fort Dodge. This year he’s been recognized for his high customer satisfaction. Doyle was presented with the “Voice of the Customer” award at the annual ...
AMES — Is it a fungal infection? Is it a pest? Is it both? Oftentimes it can be a difficult diagnosis when something is attacking soybeans. To add injury to insult, there is a new pest that soybean producers in Iowa need to be aware of heading into the 2019 growing season. The soybean gall midge was confirmed in 65 counties in 2018 throughout Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa, with 16 of those counties located in the western part of our state. Erin Hodgson, Iowa State University Extension entomologist, said there was significant yield loss in many of those reported ...
CLIVE — Sixteen Iowa restaurants are now in the brackets for a full-on competition to find Iowa’s best pulled pork sandwich. The month-long contest sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) mimics the March Madness college basketball tournament craze and will follow the same narrowing process that gets restaurants to the “Elite 8” and “Final Four.” However, in this case, it will be fans who determine the winner as Iowans vote on the restaurant in the competition which they think serves the best pulled pork sandwich. The play-offs will be fast and furious, ...
There’s a whole new meaning to the phrase ‘sit back and relax’ at Fort 8 Theatre, 1417 Central Ave. All eight auditoriums at the Cinema Entertainment Corporation theatre are being remodeled with brand new Palliser leather reclining seats — 478 of them. Auditoriums No. 1 and ...
Mike Johnson, co-owner of Calvert & Johnson Insurance Services, has received an award for his work with Fort Dodge Noon Sertoma and its Backpack Buddies program. West Bend Mutual Insurance presented its Spirit of the Silver Lining Award to Johnson this week, and also made a $10,000 ...
