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Crop insurance discount program offered

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced that the sign-up for the state’s Crop Insurance Discount Program is now open. Farmers who planted cover crops this fall can apply for a $5 per acre discount on their spring crop insurance premiums. The sign-up period opened on Monday and ...

Fort Dodge Community Schools name students, employee of month for November

The Fort Dodge Community School District has named the November 2024 Students and Employee of the Month Honorees. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school, and one high school student, as well as one staff member, monthly for exceeding expectations. Everly Burns is the ...

22 years and counting

It’s a show 22 years in the making and it’s sure to offer another full lineup of speakers and exhibitors at the Webster County Fairgrounds as the annual CJ Bio America Farm News Ag Show returns this Friday and Saturday. “We are very happy to be bringing this back for the public, and we ...

A dream come true

LAS VEGAS — The National Finals Rodeo (NFR) is popularly known as the “Super Bowl of rodeo,” with rodeo royalty and celebrities gracing the high-dollar competition events. When the 2024 NFR series begins in Las Vegas on Thursday, Kris Fleener, of rural Duncombe, will be behind the ...

‘Sounds of the Season’

The joyous sounds of Christmas carols sung by a choir and played by classical instrumentation will fill Decker Auditorium as the Fine Arts department presents its annual holiday concert. “Sounds of the Season” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the newly renovated Center for ...