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Iowa Crop Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November."Farmers continued to make planting progress between the storms ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November."Farmers continued to make planting progress between the ...

New chief executive officer is appointed at UnityPoint Health-GRMC

GRINNELL-UnityPoint Health Des Moines announces the appointment of Jennifer Havens, RN, MHA, as the new chief executive officer at UnityPoint Health Grinnell Regional Medical Center (GRMC). She will assume day-to-day leadership of the 49-bed not-for-profit medical center on July 30, 2018."On ...

Levi Bro joins Dirks Real Estate

No stranger to the real estate business, Levi Bro is taking it one step further: he has joined Dirks Real Estate Toledo as a sales associate."It a passion of mine, I enjoy knowing about the market," Levi says.He has gained much experience over the past two years working full time with Bro ...

Apfel named county zoning director

Todd Apfel was named Monday as the Tama County Zoning Director by the Board of Supervisors. He replaces Jerry Witt who resigned in April.Apfel, of Vining, also is the Tama County Sanitarian. Both positions are part-time.The pay for the zoning position is currently $6, 219 annually and was ...

Iowa Crop • Weather Report

DES MOINES - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service."Farmers in much of the state were able to get a good start on planting and now 17 percent of corn and 2 percent of beans ...

Tama Co. Soil & Water District recognizes Stewardship Week

As a part of Tama County for 76 years, the Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) wants to remind you that each of us has a connection to natural resources. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) is celebrating the 63rd year of Stewardship Week during April 29 ...

Long-time publisher set to retire, has led Toledo, Tama newspapers

With more than three decades at the helm of The Times-Republican and Marshalltown Newspaper, LLC., publisher Mike Schlesinger has announced he will retire June 30. He has also been in charge of operations of The Toledo Chronicle, Tama News-Herald, Tama County Shopper, Traer Star-Clipper and The ...

“T-Bone Tuesday” underway during May – Beef Month

"It's no secret that Iowans love meat. Iowa Farm Bureau's Food and Farm Index found 98 percent of Iowan grocery shoppers add beef to their shopping cart, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates this year Americans will eat more red meat than ever.In the spirit of giving consumers what ...