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Practical Farmers of Iowa invites farmers who sell soybeans into the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) supply chain via its Des Moines plant to participate in a cover crop cost-share program through Unilever's Sustainable Soy program.Practical Farmers is a partner in the program, which provides cost-share funds for planting cover crops and gives participants access to a robust cover crop support system through PFI's ...

The Henry County Conservation Department's maple syrup program has been canceled.The event was scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Oakland Mills County Park, Top of the Hill area. With the area forecast calling for snow and ice, the program has been canceled. At this time the program has not been rescheduled.

Pekin head football coach Bud Blakely knew his team could compete with anyone in the state going into their first round matchup at undefeated Hudson Friday night, all they had to do was play their ballgame.Unfortunately for the Panthers, everything went the home team's way in a 35-0 victory fueled by five touchdowns from the Pirates' backfield. The tandem included juniors Christian Seres who had 27 carries for ...

Saturday afternoon at the 2017 state cross country meet in Fort Dodge, Ashley Bloomquist did herself and the town of Fairfield proud as she put on a tremendous performance, shaving almost 33 seconds off her qualifying time from less than two weeks ago.On Oct. 19 at Pella, Bloomquist ran 20:06.6 which qualified her as the third place finisher from that region. Saturday in Fort Dodge, the junior's time improved to ...

Cadettes Troop 9565 talked about their strategies for cookie selling during their meeting on Thursday, Feb. 15. As veteran cookie sellers, they enjoyed working with the younger Troops and teaching them the ropes of cookie selling during a Cookie Rally in January.

The final candidate Henry County Health Center was trying to recruit as the hospital's new OB-GYN turned down the offer Monday, leaving uncertainty about the department's future.Hospital administration has been searching for a new OB-GYN for 13 months now, with the former OB-GYN, Dr. Robert Smith, having retired in October 2017.During the Henry County Health Center (HCHC) Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday, ...

?The Swedesburg Lutheran Church Luther League enjoyed a ski trip to Sundown Mountain in Dubuque on Sunday, Feb. 18.

DES MOINES ? Seeking to bypass what could be a protracted court battle, the Iowa House Tuesday voted 94-3 to require the contract to develop standardized tests for K-12 students to go to the University of Iowa testing services.After the Legislature sent out requests for proposals last year, the Iowa Department of Education awarded the contract to Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes of Research.The UI ...