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CEDAR RAPIDS ? Kirkwood Community College Athletic Director Doug Wagemester named Eric Frese as the new head softball coach of the Eagles. He is the seventh coach in program history. Frese comes to Kirkwood after spending the last 12 seasons as head baseball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. In addition, he also served as an assistant softball coach at Dubuque Hempstead High School. Frese replaces ...

The Polishville Assocciation is hosting two dances in September.The first is Sunday, Sept. 9, with Ned Francis of Mt. Sterling. The second dance will be held Sunday, Sept. 23, with Larry Fountain, of Iowa City.Food will be for sale at both events starting at 4:30 p.m. Dancing will be from 6 to 9 p.m.For more information, call Bill Peck at 319-694-3495.The location is 10 miles N.E. of Fairfield on Pleasant ...

In 1839 the town of Bentonsport was platted. It became a bustling steamboat town situated on the Des Moines River and provided transportation for people and goods. Bentonsport was the site of the first paper mill in Iowa as well as grist, saw, linseed oil and woolen mills. The approximately 1,000 residents depended on the mills to process their crops, on the river for shipping, and on the local stores to obtain ...

Editors note: This is the second in a two-part series on the Miller family and immigration. Fairfield native Leanna Miller had an eye-opening experience two years ago when she visited Nogales, Arizona, which straddles the United States-Mexico border.Miller went to Nogales in October 2016 with a group of fellow students from Beloit College in Wisconsin, where she is about to enter her senior year. The group ...

As the Midwest Old Threshers campground becomes a town of its own in the week leading up to the Old Threshers Reunion, John Reeves, with the Fairfield Kiwanis, feels like its mayor.For 30 years, Reeves has welcomed campers from near and far, veteran campers and new, to a relaxing week at the reunion. It's a place where strangers immediately become neighbors, friends and even as close as family.The atmosphere on ...

Life expectancy for Americans continues to increase, so it is more and more likely that most adults will end up caring for an elderly parent or relative or needing care themselves.?Care does not have to mean that the person lives in your home,? explains Mary Weinand, ISU Extension Family Finance Field Specialist. ?It may mean that you provide transportation or other services to a person who still lives in their ...

AMES ? The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule outlining the conditions under which the USDA will pay indemnity to farms affected by highly pathogenic bird flu.The final rule, which includes updates to the interim rule issued in February, does three things:Allows indemnity payments to be split between poultry and egg owners and their contracted ...

Bob Spencer Jr. Aug. 28

DES MOINES ? The Healthiest State Initiative, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Public Health, United Way of Central Iowa and the Iowa Department of Education has announced a new way for sectors across the state to affirm their commitment to 5-2-1-0 Healthy Choices Count.Schools, child care, out-of-school and heath care sites are invited to register online for recognition at either the bronze, silver or ...

Washington County Extension will reshow both the Commercial and Confinement Manure Applicator Programs on Friday, Sept. 7, for those who were unable to attend a workshop previously. These programs are shown free of charge on this date. Applicators who need to schedule a reshow at any other time will be charged a fee.The Commercial Manure Program (three hours in length) will be shown at 8:30 a.m. and the Confineme...

Linda Betsinger McCann will be speaking at the Swedish Heritage Museum, in Swedesburg, on Monday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. McCann will be speaking about her newest book, ?The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southeast Iowa.? She also will be at the Washington Public Library on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. speaking on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Later that day she will be at the Winfield Library at 1:30 p.m. ...

Washington County Farm Bureau and Hills Bank and Trust are sponsoring a marketing education program ?Launch and Land Your Post-Harvest Marketing Plan: Winning the Game? on Thursday, Aug. 30, at 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This workshop provides education on crop marketing decisions after harvest and will be delivered by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and ISU Extension and Outreach.We encourage you to attend to enhance ...