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Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host “Women Managing Farmland” on Thursday, February 3 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Prairie Lakes AEA, 824 Flindt Drive, Storm Lake. The program is designed to better serve and meet the needs of women farmland owners and managers...

Tyson Foods supported its U.S. team members and plant communities in 2021 through numerous hunger and disaster relief efforts, community grants and on-site educational programs. The company donated more than 16 million pounds of protein – the equivalent of 64 million meals – to fight hunger in fiscal 2021. The food donations, valued at $36 million, were given to food banks, pantries and hunger relief organizations in plant communities and across the nation...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a blow to the Biden administration’s fight against the pandemic, blocking a federal mandate that workers be vaccinated or regularly tested for COVID-19 - though the court allowed a separate rule requiring vaccinations for some health care workers...

Employees across the nation saw a significant impact during the COVID-19 pandemic, but a recent study by an Iowa State University sociologist shows it may have been the self-employed who were hit the hardest. Samuel Mindes, adjunct assistant professor in rural sociology and sociologist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, tracked Current Population Survey data of nearly 238,000 individuals with findings that show self-employed workers were 2.4 to 4.7 times more likely than wage workers to face a work stoppage caused by the pandemic.. ...

Storm Lake Cycles Inc, DBA Storm Lake Honda is excited to announce the acquistion of Schuelke Powersports in Storm Lake. Storm Lake Honda has served the Midwest and beyond with quality powersports products from Honda and Arctic Cat for 42 years and previously announced an expansion with the Yamaha WaveRunner line in 2020. ...

Windbreaks can break up our flat to rolling landscape and provide many benefits to soil, plants, animals and to man. Here in Buena Vista County most windbreaks provide protection from the snow and wind. A properly designed windbreak will minimize the amount of snow and wind that goes through a building site. ...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Cherokee County will host a four-session “Women Managing Horses” program beginning Thursday, Jan. 27 and continuing Feb. 17, Feb. 24, and March 3 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the ISU Extension and Outreach office located at 209 Centennial Drive in Cherokee. A complimentary meal will be served each evening at 5:30 p.m., and the program is open to anyone...

Jeremy Parsons of the Clay County Fair in Spencer was named 2022 chairman of the International Association of Fairs and Expositions during the business meeting at the 2021 IAFE Convention & Trade Show. The convention took place Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas...

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will host “Women Managing Farmland: Today and Tomorrow” on Wednesday, Jan. 19 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Cobblestone Inn in Holstein. The program is designed to better serve and meet the needs of women farmland owners and managers...

O’Brien County Economic Development and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach invite Northwest Iowa farmers and livestock producers to attend “Farm Succession for You” on Wednesday, Jan. 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Community Building in Primghar...

An Industrial Electrical Maintenance Certificate program, offered by Tyson Foods in collaboration with Iowa Central Community College (ICCC), is increasing its enrollment from 12 to 18 students beginning this fall. It is part of the 1+2 Maintenance Training Program curriculum, an industrial maintenance training program marking its five-year anniversary that provides affordable education, hourly wages and full-time employment, including benefits...

Members of the ag community, including producers and area businesses, are invited to Storm Lake on Tuesday, December 7, for the latest project updates and investment outlook for Platinum Crush, LLC, the new soybean crushing plant that will be built in Buena Vista County near Alta...

The Iowa Lakes Corridor Development Corporation is hosting Dr. Ronald A. Cox to present The Iowa Workforce Skirmishes at the Clay County Regional Events Center at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 16th. The Iowa Workforce Skirmishes touches on the workforce issues in Iowa based on research conducted over the past few years by the Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) at Iowa State University. ...

The Citizens First National Bank of Storm Lake and Early, Iowa is pleased to announce the addition of Devin Landgraf to its veteran agricultural and commercial lending team. Devin has over 10 years prior experience in the banking industry as an Agricultural/Commercial Loan Officer. ...