As economic pressures continue to affect various industries and consumers’ wallets, hog farming in Johnson County and the rest of Iowa is seeing some of its worst losses in the last 25 years. For Jim Thompson, a livestock farmer outside of West Branch, just 20 minutes east of Iowa City, the losses are sustainable as
Lancaster, OH – In 2023, Calandra Industrial Supply Company, deeply rooted in Fairfield County for over five decades, embarked on a new chapter with a change in ownership. The transition heralded a significant shift for the company, which has evolved from its humble beginnings as a local hardware store into a dynamic business-to-business distributor renowned […]
When Leslie Carpenter, whose son has a severe mental illness, realized Iowa did not have the proper resources to care for his needs, she decided to take matters into her own hands. Iowa is ranked 51st out of all U.S. states and territories for its low number of state psychiatric beds, according to the Treatment
Terrale Johnson, 29, who’d been an All-Big 12 performer at K-State, died unexpectedly on Saturday.
Just over three weeks after 16-year-old Matthew Devine was shot and killed at a large party in Hanover County, an 18-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection to his death.
David Ostrove, 52, was sentenced to between eight 25 years in jail after committing a 'chilling' multi-year fraud on the Schechter School of Long Island. During his time as 10 years as CFO of the $26,000-a-year institution, he swindled $8 million on lavish gifts and properties. He siphoned millions of dollars from the school's coffers through shell corporations but has now been told he must repay the stolen cash
Record-breaking drought conditions, soaring feed costs and plummeting confidence in the livestock export industry could be the “nail in the coffin” for many Western Australian farmers. Large parts of the state’s fertile southwest have recorded their lowest rainfall in more than 50 years over the past eight months, depleting dams and ground feed at a […]
STACKER - About 17% of the continental United States is currently experiencing moderate to exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Winter storms brought heavy (in some areas, record-setting) rainfall and flooding to California, offering the state an expected two-year reprieve from widespread droughts, that covered nearly 100% of the state from 2020 to []
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch Saturday until 12 a.m. on Sunday. The watch includes eastern Iowa, parts of Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. According to the National Weather Service, tornadoes are possible with southerly wind gusts ranging from 35 to 45 miles per hour. The Storm Prediction Center has placed eastern Iowa in
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Precisely when we finished weaning, her parental preference shifted dramatically, and in favor of my husband.
Doris Spencer worked at the UWS library for decades. Her passions run the gamut from travel to Scrabble.