When Melissa Cook and April Tyre went through Margie Loomis’s Fort Dodge estate in the fall of 2018, they soon discovered artwork with a local connection. “There was a lot of cool, interesting Fort Dodge stuff related to Edna Hogan,” said Cook, who co-owns Helping Hands Estate and ...
During a town hall meeting led by the Iowa Corn Growers Association, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Naig took the chance to speak out about some of the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 and agriculture in our state with an update from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship in regards to what some of the external things they are focused on and watching. “We are certainly in unprecedented times,” he said. “There is no playbook for this and we are learning something new every day. That’s how we start each day. We get our incident team together and then we ...
MILFORD — Joe and Amber Kollasch decided to renovate the barn on their acreage just east of Milford because they wanted more storage. But now they can also entertain there. The barn, standing when Joseph Berning, Joe Kollasch’s great-great-grandfather, moved there in 1912, ...
DES MOINES — The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) announced Monday that its board of directors has decided to cancel the 2020 World Pork Expo in June due to COVID-19 human health concerns. World Pork Expo 2021 is scheduled for June 9-11 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. “While deeply disappointed to cancel this year’s Expo, NPPC’s board of directors unanimously agreed it was prudent to make this decision now,” said NPPC President Howard “A.V.” Roth, a pork producer from Wauzeka, Wisconsin. “By eliminating COVID 19-related uncertainty surrounding the event, we allow ...
The voices of workers who holler back orders like “small fry” or “ one double cheese” to the cooks at Ja-Mar Drive In Restaurant have gone silent. Customers don’t experience the scent of fresh brewed coffee and can’t flip through the pages of the newspaper as they wait for ...
A white wooden frame that doesn’t look quite right hangs on the door to the wood shop at B&B Custom Carpentry, 1020 12th Ave. SW. The bottom piece of the frame is a tad short and doesn’t connect to the other side. Written with black Sharpie in the middle of that frame are the ...
