A nonprofit group will represent Ann Selzer and her polling company free of charge against a lawsuit brought by President-elect Donald Trump. The suit, filed last month, alleges Selzer’s Iowa Poll in the Des Moines Register — which showed Trump trailing in Iowa by three points — was a form of election interference. Adam Steinbaugh […] View Full Story
A traveling museum exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that focuses on innovation in rural America is now open in Newton, the third of four host cities in Iowa. Erin Chambers, the city’s community development director, says Newton leaders are thrilled to have been picked to be the temporary home of the display called “Spark! Places […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures nationwide, except for warmer-than-normal weather in parts of the north-central U.S. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation across much of the country should contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions on the northern Plains and from the southern Rockies into western and southern […] The post A cold pattern to continue for most of the Heartland; some moisture ahead for the Plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A house fire Tuesday morning in the western Iowa town of Menlo claimed the life of an elderly woman. The first Menlo firefighter on the scene banged on the exterior walls and windows of the house and listened for any calls for help from inside the home, but there was no response. When additional fire […] View Full Story
With areas from the central Plains to the mid-Atlantic still recovering from the January 5-6 snow and ice storm, a new weather system is starting to take shape across the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. Initially, any precipitation associated with the developing storm will be light. On Thursday, however, further intensification of the storm system […] The post A new winter storm ahead to impact the far southeastern Plains, Delta and the Ohio Valley appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Forecasters say Iowa may not see temperatures above 32-degrees again for at least another week, and prolonged exposure to extreme cold can cause all sorts of havoc for our bodies — and for our cell phones. Casey Brooks, manager of the UScellular store at Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, says you may not know […] View Full Story
More farmers reported higher levels of stress last year compared to 2022 in the latest Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll, which surveyed nearly 950 farmers statewide. Most of the respondents were men and 66 years old, on average. J. Arbuckle, an Iowa State University extension sociologist, led the poll. “There was a very big […] View Full Story
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