by admin | Sep 29, 2006 | News
Iowa farmland values are up just over five percent from a year ago, but the increases seem to be leveling off. The Iowa Farm and Land Chapter Realtors Institute did the survey, and the group’s president, Troy Louwagie says the days of double digit increases are...
by admin | Sep 29, 2006 | Politics & Government
State officials have conducted a campaign to increase the number of Iowans who’re getting “food stamps” — and the U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving Iowa a nearly half-a-million dollar “bonus” for the three-year effort. Ann...
by admin | Sep 29, 2006 | Business
A Midwestern economist says economic recovery’s doing best in the medium-sized towns of the Middle West. Federal Reserve spokesman Jason Henderson says cities between ten and fifty-thousand in size are where the hiring’s going on. Henderson says...
by admin | Sep 28, 2006 | News
Upper Iowa is hoping to eliminate turnovers when the Peacocks host Minnesota-Moorhead this weekend. Upper Iowa committed seven turnovers, including six interceptions in a 48-7 loss to Winona State and coach Mike Knoll hopes to get quarterback Andrew Jones back on...
by admin | Sep 28, 2006 | News
A pair of teams with championship hopes in the Iowa Conference collide in Pella on Saturday when Central hosts Wartburg. Central is 3-0 and ranked 15th in division three. Central coach Jeff McMartin says it’s definitely a big test as he says they’ve seen...