by Dar Danielson | Apr 17, 2024 | Business, News
The West Des Moines-based Hy-Vee grocery store chain is acquiring a chain in Indiana. Hy-Vee announced it is in the process of acquiring the Strack & Van Til Food Markets which has 22 stores throughout northwest Indiana. The company says Strack & Van Til has...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 17, 2024 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa State Fair and the Iowa Lottery have teamed up for a State Fair themed scratch ticket. Iowa Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says it’s the first ticket specifically targeting the annual event. “A $5 ticket where you can win a $50,000 top prize up to...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 16, 2024 | Agriculture, News
The U.S.D.A. crop report shows four percent of corn was planted last week as farmers slowly got into the fields. Some farmers attended ISU Extension’s “Planter University” earlier this year to get ready to hit the fields. ISU Field Agronomist Meaghan...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 12, 2024 | News, Outdoors
Iowa DNR spokesman Peter Hildreth says the annual walleye collection was successful. “The goal is to collect enough fish to hatch 154.8 million walleye fry that will supply Iowa lakes and fish hatcheries,” Hildreth says. He says the eggs are removed from...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 12, 2024 | Business, Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Supreme Court has unanimously reversed a $790,000 verdict awarded a state employee in a hostile-work-environment lawsuit. Tracy White filed the lawsuit in 2019 against her supervisor Mike McInroy at the Department of Human Services. The state appealed saying...
