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Commitment to conservation

ROCKWELL CITY — If you stop by Conner and Ashley Hildreth’s farm south of Rockwell City, it’s alive with activity. This is a high-energy place, thanks to the couple’s four young children, as well as their cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens. This farm also reflects conservation in action. The Hildreth’s farming practices earned the family a 2024 Iowa Farm Environmental Leader Award. “God trusted us with this land, and we feel blessed to care for it and manage it,” said Conner Hildreth, 30. “We want to be stewards of the land and leave it in better condition than when ...

Columns

Tales of the school bus

There is a time in life when no words strike more fear than, “The bus is coming!” Many were the winter days as we grew up — when all of us kids (six, at the time) thumbed our noses at Mom’s breakfast in exchange for sleep, then stood in the porch like a common street gang in our ...

Hometown Cookin' Favorites

Mom’s Recipe Box

Recently I was looking through a couple of old recipe boxes that I have kept from my mother and my mother-in-law. Both my mom and mother-in-law have passed away, and that makes these “tried and true” recipes even more special. When I was a child, we almost never ate out. If we did eat ...

Editorials

Corn still fuels Iowa’s economy

Corn production has been a key factor in the Iowa economy for more than 150 years. The state’s 21st-century economy is characterized by increasing diversity. Agriculture, however, remains a powerhouse. There can be little doubt that corn remains of critical importance. The renewable fuels ...