AMES – Landowners and tenants can improve their knowledge of current leasing issues during the annual statewide farmland leasing meetings, scheduled to begin July 29 in Buchanan, Dallas and Jasper counties.
Locals make U of Dubuque dean’s list
DES MOINES — From foods-on-a-stick to fried food concoctions, the Iowa State Fair is known for fun, interesting and delicious food. Each year, a list of new culinary adventures from sweet to salty, to strange and tasty are announced. Fairgoers can try over 50 new foods at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.
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Coming into Friday night's Class 3A Substate 3 District 6 semifinal, the Waverly-Shell Rock baseball team had already had a look at their opponent, the Hampton-Dumont-CAL Bulldogs.Â
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The Class 1A District 5 final at St. Ansgar between North Butler and the host Saints has been moved up due to expected weather.
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ST. ANSGAR — They say in baseball that if you watch long enough, you’ll witness something you won’t see every day.
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TROY MILLS – With a tornado warning in the fifth inning and persistent rain that followed, the Waterloo Columbus and Denver baseball teams were playing against a third opponent, Mother Nature, Tuesday night during the Class 2A, District 9 semifinal game.
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CLARKSVILLE – Since the season officially started on May 6, the Clarksville softball team was determined to make a statement during their 2019 campaign.
DES MOINES — From foods-on-a-stick to fried food concoctions, the Iowa State Fair is known for fun, interesting and delicious food. Each year, a list of new culinary adventures from sweet to salty, to strange and tasty are announced. Fairgoers can try over 50 new foods at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.
A Waterloo couple who threatened the woman’s ex-boyfriend with a gun were sentenced on Wednesday, July 10 to federal prison.
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Over the years, you’ll experience many personal and professional milestones. Each of these can be satisfying, but they may also bring challenges – especially financial ones. That’s why you may want to seek the guidance of a financial professional. Here are some of the key life events you may…
More than half of Iowa farmland is rented. In some Iowa locations, as much as 70% of the land is farmed by farmers who don’t own the land.
Fundraising has begun in support of a $3.7 million renovation and construction project that will include a new Health and Human Performance Center where the strength and conditioning room currently sits inside the Wartburg-Waverly Sports & Wellness Center (The W). A new strength and cond…
It can sometimes be difficult to get kids outdoors for exercise when the weather is harsh, says Jennifer Jewell, a physical therapist in Jefferson Township. That’s one of the main reasons she enrolled her three children in the iXL Rehab, Exercise and Wellness Center’s Excel Sports Performance youth camp.
While eating meatless has an array of health benefits and even significantly reduces your carbon footprint, there is undoubtedly a price you pay cutting out meat. Vegetarians and vegans commonly struggle with making up these crucial nutrients and vitamins.
Not very many couples meet as early as Little League, and eventually turn a childhood crush into a lifelong commitment.
If you’ve ever been a pet parent you know animals love to explore and taste just about everything in their path. Unfortunately, there are things at home that our furry friends shouldn’t eat. In fact, according to the ASPCA in 2018, the Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) received an average of 1,200 calls daily and assisted 266,554 animals.
Patients and families choose hospitals and doctors for many reasons. It’s no surprise that quality of care tops the list.
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Pastor Erin Bird of Riverwood Church in Waverly wrote about baptism in the July 11, 2019 Waverly Democrat.
The Iowa Supreme Court, in another closely watched issue and in another 4-3 decision, issued a ruling regarding the pipeline carrying crude oil from the oil fields of North Dakota across Iowa to Illinois. The high court said the process used by the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) to grant the per…
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Nearly four decades ago, Peter Peacock's anonymous sperm donation brought Gypsy Diamond to life. Now, an Australian law erasing sperm donors' anonymity has brought them together.
