ATLANTIC — With its original etched glass door, stained glass window, stunning woodwork and more, Kim and Jon Jordan’s classic farmhouse east of Atlantic would be an interesting time capsule by itself. The dEcor, however, takes things to whole other level, from the interior rooms to the ...
SPENCER — 4-H members vow to “make the best better,” and Clay County 4-H members are putting their money where their mouths are, so to speak. Led by members of the Spencer Sparks and the Lincoln Lions, all Clay County 4-H clubs have been invited to help remodel the interior of the ...
Like farmers and ranchers, veterinarians love to pour concrete. Many build customized facilities dedicated to their animal health mission: examination rooms, operating theaters, cattle chutes, holding pens, loading docks. Three Canada-based vets, however, are pouring enough concrete in far ...
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series. When a tariff is placed on China…China doesn’t pay the tariff. The buyer of the Chinese-made product sold in the U.S. or EU does. If a tariff of 60% was put on all Chinese goods being imported, the buyers of those goods have a ...
SPENCER — The 2024 Clay County Fair was home to its first-ever “Bacon Buddies” event, which took place on Sept. 9. “Bacon Buddies,” first brought to life at the Iowa State Fair in 2019, was designed to match 4-H’ers with special needs children and give them a chance to do ...
SAC CITY — Small-town journalists cover just about everything in the community, from city council meetings to high school football games. There’s nothing quite like 4-H, however, to showcase what’s great about rural Iowa, says long-time journalist Dale Wegner. “4-H members, their ...
It’s time for another dispatch from the frontlines of my war with tonsil cancer. I’ve learned that a guy can learn a lot of things when dealing with such a stubborn enemy. For instance, when both your oncologist and your radiologist utter the phrase, “This is going to be rough,” you ...
Maybe it’s living on the farm that ages us, or maybe aging is going to catch up with us sooner or later no matter where or how we live. We can deny it, but the cold, hard truth is that at some point — if we are graced with living into retirement years — we figure out that there is more ...
JOHNSTON — Iowa Corn [has named Curt Jones, of Clay County, the recipient of the 2024 Iowa Corn Walter Goeppinger Lifetime Achievement Award. This annual recognition is presented to an individual who has been a friend and active leader of Iowa Corn. This year, Jones was honored for his ...
BATTLE CREEK — Six generations of Bumanns have lived in this farmhouse, which is seven miles south of Battle Creek. Julius Bumann came to the United States from Holstein, Germany, in 1847, purchasing the farm in 1903. Rudolph was the second generation, passing in 1961. Irvin was the ...
