Iowa farmers are about to plant into a seedbed of chaos. Tariffs on Mexico and Canada are on one day and off the next. Markets are whiplashed. Consumer confidence is tanking. Corn and soy prices …
The terms "DEI" and "Woke" are often floated these days with little thought given to their complexity, or what they mean to people of various minority classes, and those in the majority as well. …
One of the first marketing lessons offered to me, a wet-behind-the-ears ag editor, by a steely and successful ag futures trader was as simple and useful as a feed bucket. "Markets hate …
We’ve come full circle. The Storm Lake Times launched in 1990 as a weekly, and now we are back on that printing schedule after iterations as a daily and a twice-weekly. Dramatically rising …
The Trump Administration’s budget framework passed this week by the US House would have deep implications for Iowa in its bid to slash spending by $2 trillion while extending and enhancing tax …
You can kill house flies with a shotgun but that's best done outdoors and away from people. Of course, drawing a bead on the indoor pests outdoors defeats the purpose of going after the little …
The word “peace,” like many words, carries a number of meanings. Sometimes it’s convenient to choose one of them. U.S. President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy use …
Eight score and two years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the False Claims Act into federal law. The anti-fraud tool, enacted …
The Trump Administration’s budget framework passed this week by the US House would have deep implications for Iowa in its bid to slash spending by $2 trillion while extending and enhancing tax …
During the final stages of building the world's first atomic bomb, scientists at the secret New Mexico research site worried that the initial test of their new weapon might ignite the atmosphere and …
By Randy Evans Iowa taxpayers provided about $104 million last school year directly to parents choosing to send their K-12 children to private schools. The price tag for these education …
Today I am making a decision that has not come easy for me. I ran for city council because I wanted to learn more about our great little city’s government and find ways that I could contribute. …
Across the country, young people are dropping out of organized sports. The share of kids ages 6 to 17 who participated in a team sport dropped by nearly 5 percentage points between 2017 and 2022. The …
On Presidents Day, we celebrate the Father of America and his indelible mark on history. Our nation’s first president was born near Popes Creek, Virginia, on …
Iowa Farmers, Landowners Share CO2 Pipeline Concerns with Sen. Grassley On Monday, a bipartisan cohort of more than 30 landowners and farmers from across Iowa met with Senator Charles Grassley …
President Donald Trump and DOGE top gun Elon Musk have been in power for a month. How have they changed life in Greene County? Probably not much - yet. Musk has …
When Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and their pals set their quill pens to parchment to write the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Decatur County, Iowa, was still a half century off in the …
Folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie is undergoing a welcomed revival with the success of the new Bob Dylan biopic, "A Complete Unknown." In it, Dylan, played by Timothée Chalamet, …
Nine years ago today, our state faced the loss of one of our own. A young Iowan, Sarah Root, was killed by an illegal immigrant driving drunk. While this day will always be a somber one because …
Sir Isaac Newton-he of "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction" fame- was a polymath who excelled in math, physics, astronomy, alchemy, and theology. And now, if you squint, …