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 ...