Beisser Lumber is a full-service lumberyard, established in Fort Dodge in 1953, that offers Iowa builders and contractors quality building products and services. Fred Beisser started the company with $2,500 worth of lumber from a truck that had tipped over, and a rented feed mill. His wife, ...

As families gathered round the table to celebrate Thanksgiving and enjoy the bountiful blessings brought to fruition by farmers, Christmas tree growers were gearing up for the swift and crazy selling season. At The Christmas Tree Farm in Story County, owner Sandra Hunter sells concolor ...

A new Iowa Entry-Level Driver Training Program to provide more opportunities for interested truck drivers to obtain their commercial driver’s license has been announced by Gov. Kim Reynolds. “Like the rest of the nation, Iowa, too, has a high demand for truck drivers, and in order to ...

WEST DES MOINES — Iowa Farm Bureau members are invited to register for the organization’s 104th Annual Meeting, Dec. 6-7, at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in downtown Des Moines to celebrate Iowa agriculture and “Cultivating Opportunity.” In addition to ...

Magic may seem far removed from farming and food production, but it’s as close as the microbes that convert grain into beer and grapes into wine, thanks to the transformative power of fermentation. CJ Bio America west of Fort Dodge has found a unique way to harness the power of this ...

The owners of a local restaurant have found an innovative way to deal with the labor shortage plaguing the service industry since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaga & Hoo Korean Restaurant owners Byeong-Wahn Won and Hae-Young Park, introduced a new robot server to their dining room ...