A loan officer who works with credit unions throughout the Midwest says some veterans forego the home-buying assistance they earned. Kris Fish Kuhlmann, a V.A. Loan Specialist, is with the Iowa-based Premier Lending Alliance. “Veterans are eligible to purchase a home with 100% financing,” she says, “so they’re not required to have a downpayment.” Kuhlmann was […] View Full Story
Dubuque Police say a 16-year-old suspect who ran while officers were attempting to make an arrest on Christmas Eve was shot and injured. According to a news release from Dubuque Police, the teenager was wanted on an adult warrant, ran when officers approached, displayed a knife during a chase and two officers fired their guns. […] View Full Story
If you had hand-held video games, watches or any other electronics under your tree, those shiny, button-sized batteries were likely in the box, too, and those batteries can be a critical problem if a child swallows one. Janna Day, a nurse and the education and outreach manager at the Iowa Poison Control Center, says the […] View Full Story
Delaro complete offers protection against a broad spectrum of diseases, while also enhancing plant health. In this episode of Managing for Profit, product manager for crop protection at Bayer Crop Science Sabih Javed says explains how it performed for growers during the 2024 growing season. The post Delaro Complete Offers Enhanced Disease Protection appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A farmer from southeast Iowa says he’s concerned about the direction of the farm economy. Tim Meyer says many growers are struggling. “The inputs are higher, seed came in a little bit higher, and it feels like to me that folks just don’t have the cash they had 12 months ago going into the end […] The post Farm economy trending in the wrong direction appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Governor Kim Reynolds and the woman she just appointed as lieutenant governor got similar — and not that uncommon — starts in politics. They ran after someone encouraged them to do so. Reynolds often tells the story of how her husband, Kevin, encouraged her to run for Clarke County Treasurer in 1994 after she’d worked […] View Full Story
While some Iowans’ homes were visited by a sleigh and eight tiny reindeer last night, it’s hoped there’s also -not- a visit today from a fire truck. Andrea Vastis, public education director for the National Fire Protection Association, says if you’re trying to add some holiday ambience to the room by lighting a few candles, […] View Full Story
