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Iowa egg farmers donate thousands of dozens to Food Bank of Iowa

DES MOINES — The Iowa Egg Council and Fareway Stores, Inc., delivered a full truckload of eggs to the Food Bank of Iowa on Jan. 30 for distribution to every food bank serving Iowa. In addition, three Iowa egg producers — Sparboe Foods, Rose Acre Farms and Versova — went above and beyond ...

Stewart Memorial partners with Lake City for ‘This Is Home’ project

LAKE CITY — Stewart Memorial Community Hospital has entered a partnership with the City of Lake City to bring community members, businesses, and financial sponsors together in support of residents in need of help. The program is called This Is Home. The goal of This Is Home is to have a ...

MidAmerican settles in

More than 60 employees of MidAmerican Energy Co. have settled into a modern and spacious facility recently constructed in the Decker Development Park on the east side of Fort Dodge. It is the first new facility built under the MidAmerican Energy name. The new customer office and service ...

Managing stress in an era of ag uncertainity

Editor’s note, this is the second of a two-part series of articles that will discuss issues related to farm stress and information and resources that are available. When it comes to managing stress in an era of ag uncertainty, Dr. Mike Rosmann, a farmer/psychologist from Harlan gave some ...

‘His time wasn’t wasted on me’

In the early 2000s, Chef Ira Shivers wasn’t crafting specialty burgers and cooking signature breakfast foods in the kitchen at TC Mae’s Family Diner. Shivers, of Fort Dodge, was serving time in federal prison. “I sold drugs, got indicted, and went to prison,” Shivers said. But ...