Sioux City Council Member Rick Bertrand reportedly called the community’s homeless shelter a “public nuisance,” which prompted a demonstration in front of City Hall on Monday to show support for the shelter. Shayla Moore is executive director of what’s known as the Warming Shelter. She says the downtown facility is an asset. “Your presence here […] View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, showery weather is slowing late-season corn and soybean planting efforts but maintaining generally favorable growing conditions. Still, more than 90% of the intended corn acreage had been sown by June 7 in all Midwestern States, except Ohio (89% planted). On the same date, roughly two-thirds of both U.S. corn (67%) and […] The post An active pattern; severe weather to the north, more rain for much of the Corn Belt; pockets of flooding appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
As additional cases of New World screwworm are being confirmed, the state of Texas and the US Department of Agriculture are stepping up efforts to stop its spread. Dr. Bud Dinges, Texas State Veterinarian, says animal surveillance remains critical to containing the pest. “This is a highly treatable condition that, if caught early, can be treated, and spread prevented,” he says. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says increasing the number […] The post Texas and USDA intensify surveillance and sterile fly strategy to contain New World screwworm outbreak appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Two recent Iowa high school graduates are leaving this week on an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City after being named the state’s Triple Threat Award winners at last month’s Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase. Wrigley Mancha from Davenport Central and Peyton Haacke from Southeast Polk in Pleasant Hill will be in the […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures between the Rockies and Appalachians, while warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to southern Texas, areas along the Atlantic Coast, and the Far West. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across most of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal conditions in northern California, […] The post Much cooler air on-the-move; no shortage of rainfall for much of the Nation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
UnityPoint nurses marched from the Iowa Capitol to Methodist Hospital in downtown Des Moines yesterday to call attention to their efforts to join a union. UnityPoint nurses who work at four hospitals in the Des Moines area voted in December on whether to oin the Teamsters Union. March organizers say UnityPoint is filing baseless objections […] View Full Story
Custody of a baby boy born on May 25 has been turned over to state officials under Iowa’s “Safe Haven” law. The law was passed in 2002, a year after the body of a newborn baby was found abandoned in a snowbank in the small Iowa town of Chelsea. The law gives parents who believe […] View Full Story
Custody of a baby boy born on May 25 has been turned over to state officials under Iowa’s “Safe Haven” law. The law was passed in 2002, a year after the body of a newborn baby was found abandoned in a snowbank in the small Iowa town of Chelsea. The law gives parents who believe […] View Full Story
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