The Iowa Economic Development Authority is awarding Habitat for Humanity more than $700,000 in tax credits to build an affordable housing project in the central Iowa town of Waukee. Walnut Crossing will be the organization’s first townhome development in the Des Moines metro area. Lance Henning, CEO of Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity, says […] View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather and rising temperatures are nearly ideal for corn and soybean maturation. Monday’s Midwestern high temperatures will range from near 80°F in the eastern Corn Belt to 90°F or higher in the middle Missouri Valley. Eastern Corn Belt crops that prematurely ran out of moisture are rapidly drying down. In […] The post Late-season heat across parts of the Plains, western states; fair weather for the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the Midwest Pork Conference, held in Noblesville, Indiana. The post Midwest Pork Conference appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to the Far West, including the Great Basin and Pacific Coast States. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal weather should be limited to an area stretching from the lower Great Lakes […] The post Late-season warmth, some heat for most; a wetter pattern from the Plains, westward appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A weekend fundraiser for Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks showcased two issues that are galvanizing voters. About a third of the program was focused on remarks from Riley Gaines, a former competitive swimmer who’s suing the NCCA for allowing a transgender athlete to compete at the national championships in 2022. “Half of the states have passed […] View Full Story
A recent high school graduate and an agri-businessman from Iowa Falls are among those who died when a small plane crashed in Indiana Friday. The plane carrying four Iowans took off from Fort Dodge at 6:45 Friday morning. A deputy sheriff told WHTR TV in Indianapolis that the plane was heading to the airport in […] View Full Story
A Powerball ticket worth half a million dollars will expire Thursday. Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says the ticket was purchased at a Kwik Star in Mason City in March. “We’re down to the wire on this one, and certainly we’ve been giving reminders through the six-month period, or the 180-day period, that people have to […] View Full Story
A Polk County judge has upheld a state panel’s decision and ruled Libertarians running in three Iowa congressional districts did not qualify to have their names printed on the ballots for this November’s election. The Libertarian Party held its caucuses and county conventions on the same night, January 15. Republicans from the first, third and […] View Full Story
