UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center has received the Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart ...
POCAHONTAS — Genevieve Schoon said she and her late husband, Ernie, looked forward to the time when their farm would reach the status of Century Farm and they could apply for the award. All of that happened, but unfortunately, without Ernie. Schoon said her husband passed away in ...
Want to know how many farms there are in the U.S.? Curious about American farmers’ average income? What’s the average age of an American farmer? You can find these answers and much more, thanks to the latest U.S. Census of Agriculture, whose roots date back to the presidential ...
ALDI’s Fort Dodge grocery store, 2736 First Ave. S., is back with a redesigned look and a wider selection of food options for its customers. The store, which has been in Fort Dodge since 1993, underwent an extensive remodel in the spring. It was closed for six weeks as upgrades were made ...
DES MOINES — A children’s book that Bank Iowa promises is big on heart and humor published recently. Developed in conjunction with illustrator and artist Nathan T. Wright, “Eleanor Saves the Day,” is the bank’s gift to every parent who opens a Bank Iowa Young Savers account for ...
BRADGATE — A Humboldt County farm received a double-honor last summer at the Iowa State Fair. “Brown Empire,” owned by Martin Brown, Michael Brown, Diane Losey and Linda Boell, and first purchased by their great-grandfather, Nelson Hemerson, in 1867 — and officially recorded in ...
WEBSTER CITY — After seven weeks of meetings and online lessons, more than a dozen people earned the title of Iowa Master Conservationist on Wednesday at Briggs Woods Park near Webster City. Linda Cline, program coordinator and PROSPER team co-leader at Webster County Extension office in ...
Anyone looking to express their creative side through art now has a new outlet at the Artist’s Warehouse, the newest store at the Crossroads Mall. Owned by sisters Marissa Hamilton and Aubry Salgren, the Artist’s Warehouse is a combination art studio and party venue, located in the ...
It’s hard to miss the massive barn and iconic foursquare farmhouse at the junction of 220th Street and Neely Avenue in rural Hamilton County. With its tidy yard and signature barn quilt, the stately farm has been home to the Walker family for four generations. Today, Jim and Patty ...
GRAND JUNCTION — When Elizabeth Daly of Cedar Rapids heard about a field day at a swine farm near Grand Junction, she was willing to drive a few hours to check out how Bruce and Jenny Wessling have incorporated two windbreaks near their finishing barns. “I’m concerned about ...
When Edward Jones financial advisor Gabe Pettit was looking for a place for his Fort Dodge office, he saw great potential in a historic downtown building on the west end of Central Avenue that overlooks City Square Park. The first thing he noticed when he looked at the building, located ...
DUNCOMBE — The Carden family’s Century Farm could be considered a family affair with two generations taking part in ownership of the farm that was first purchased by their family in 1914. Bob Carden, the third generation, along with his daughter, Judi Crosley; his niece, Diane ...
AMES — The Iowa State University Dairy Farm welcomed hundreds of visitors on June 14, giving them a tour of the entire facility from the milking parlor, heifer barn, dry cow/transition barn and beyond. Hugo Ramirez, assistant professor in the animal science department at ISU, with ...
GOWRIE — Marcie Boerner’s love for the Gowrie community and Jacci Hindt’s passion to help others look and feel good about themselves has resulted in a business partnership. Together they share a space for their respective businesses in downtown Gowrie. The building, located at 1108 ...
EMMETSBURG — Everything agriculture and more took over the Iowa Lakes Community College Emmetsburg Campus on Wednesday for the Farm News Ag Show. In addition to several vendors located both inside and out, show-goers also had the opportunity to listen to three agricultural experts who ...
The contents found at the bottom of a bargain box sparked a new passion and ultimately a new business for Laura Ross, of Moorland. The box was purchased a few years ago at Sparky’s Auction Services in Fort Dodge. “I think we paid two dollars for it,” Ross recalled. Inside was ...
EMMETSBURG — Farm News is hosting its first Iowa Lakes Community College Emmetsburg Farm News Ag Show from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Iowa Lakes Community College Emmetsburg Campus, 3200 College Drive, Emmetsburg. The main show sponsor of this event is Poet Biorefining, of Emmetsburg. ...
AMES — Trade wars. Tariffs. Widespread flooding. Delayed planting. Seems like many farmers in Iowa and beyond can’t get a break this spring, and the numbers help tell the story. “U.S. agriculture’s debt-to-asset ratio for 2019 is forecast at 13.9 percent, meaning it’s moving in the ...
LATIMER — Burtek Dry Ice, owned by Fort Dodge native Mike Kentfield, continues to expand its operations and is serving the needs of one of the largest plants in the Fort Dodge region. In 2017, Burtek Dry Ice landed a contract to provide dry ice to Prestage Foods of Iowa, according to ...
Taco Tico in Fort Dodge has always done things a little differently. All the food is made in-house, said Ben Johnson, whose father brought the franchise to Fort Dodge in 1977. Now, a group of investors from Lexington, Kentucky, is betting they can copy the little store’s success. The ...