DAYTON — Farm fields stretch out in every direction from Dale and Laura Johnson’s ranch-style home north of Dayton. The calming blue siding and clean white trim of the home’s exterior blend seamlessly with the ground and sky, making the new home look as if it has always belonged ...
IDA GROVE — In 1959, Dan Gosch moved into his farm’s original farmhouse with his parents and sister. When his parents Eugene and Mary Gosch purchased the home, there was a corn crib so big that Eugene favored it over the house, which still had an outhouse at the time. The old ...
WEBSTER CITY — It’s never really been about the house for Lisa Tapper. It’s always been about the home. Tapper, a veteran family and consumer science teacher, was happily surprised a few years ago when she was named an Iowa Master Farm Homemaker. But then, homemaking has always been ...
CUSHING — On the northwest corner of Ida County lies the Rolling Acres Century Farm, currently under renovation by Adam and Alyssa Dreeszen. “The original house was built in 1900, and there was a different family who lived here originally,” said Adam Dreeszen. “My great-grandpa ...
IDA GROVE — In 2023, Dan and Dana Schroeder added a spacious porch to their farm home; that porch not only provided play space for their grandkids, but it tied together three iterations of their expansive abode. “The side to the north was the original house,” said Dan Schroeder. ...
ODEBOLT — The American Foursquare farmhouse where Jim and Madeline Meyer live near Odebolt is more than a home. It defined a milestone for the second generation of the Meyer family to farm in Sac County. “My grandfather built this house in 1901,” said Jim Meyer, 88, who is the fourth ...
SPENCER — Clint Jones considers himself a lucky man. Jones, 84, of Spencer, has helped preside over the 4-H and FFA livestock sales at the Clay County Fair (CCF) for the past 64 years. He was 20 years old when he first volunteered his time there, and has kept that post through 13 U.S. ...
NEWS *Congress is facing a September 30 deadline to prevent a government shutdown. House Speaker Mike Johnson introduced a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March. However, it did not have enough Republican votes to pass. A farm bill extension was not included in ...
It’s easy to see why Eligio “Kika” de la Garza was elected to 16 consecutive terms in the House of Representatives (1965 to 1997) and served his final seven (1981 through 1994) as chairman of the wide-sweeping and often unruly House Ag Committee. “I’m a reasonable person,” the ...
SPENCER — The Craft Beer Competition at the 2024 Clay County Fair resulted in 31 overall entries, triple that of last year’s competition, according to fair officials. This year there were seven categories of beer and three categories of ciders. Judges included Brandon Van Noort from ...
