URBANDALE — Any successful small business goes through transitions, but sometimes the next right step isn’t always clear. Marji Guyler-Alaniz reached this turning point six years after starting FarmHer, an Urbandale-based business that highlights women in agriculture. “I was ...

AUBURN — When U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, spoke in Lake City on Jan. 26 to Iowa Corn members, the recently renovated Community Memorial Building provided a unique backdrop for the meeting, complete with crystal chandeliers and elegant metal work in the balcony. While there’s a ...

ROCKWELL CITY — Even before he earned his doctor of chiropractic degree, Jeff Redenius knew he wanted to run his own business, just like his father, Gary, a self-employed carpenter. After Redenius graduated in 2016 from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, the next big question ...

WEBSTER CITY — Every kernel of corn, every bean in every pod of soybeans, has to end up somewhere. And there’s a lot of corn and soybeans in this state. Traditionally, most of it ended up as dinner for a cow, a pig, or a chicken. Over time, more and more seemingly endless uses were ...

WEBSTER CITY — The new location of KC Nielsen Ltd., an authorized John Deere dealership, is nearing completion just south of Webster City. Webster City and Hamilton County officials, along with members of the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce gathered at the construction site just ...

DAYTON — When the farmers roll this spring, Diehl’s of Dayton will be ready to roll with them. On a late winter day, traffic is light through this family-owned business on the southwest edge of Dayton. A few livestock producers have been in for fittings on a hog waterer, some early ...