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More than 20 Iowa communities will benefit from rural small business grant
Minden, Perry, West Branch and a collection of towns in southeast Iowa have been selected as pilot projects for the Rural Business Initiative, a project from Iowa Rural Development Council. The project will support existing small businesses in rural Iowa as they build back from disasters, forge regional collaboration and spiff up business districts. The […]
Sixty Forward Center new vision for aging in Ames
AMES, Iowa — The community of Ames gathered to cut the ribbon Saturday on the 60 Forward Center. This new $10 million senior facility is a partnership between the City of Ames, Mary Greeley Medical Center, and Heartland of Story County. It was built with a $300,000 Cares Act Grant through the Story County Board […]
Month of September in Iowa One for the Record Books
(Des Moines) State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan has reported that Iowa received an average of eight-tenths of an inch of rainfall for September, making it the driest September on record preliminarily in the 152 years of recorded data. Dr. Glisan noted that the state’s southwest region received only 30 percent...
Library News: Trivia fundraiser for library lovers
When I was young my siblings and I loved reading “The People's Almanac” by David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace. Different from traditional almanacs that were mainly lists of facts, “The Peoples Almanac” aimed to be a reference book to be read for pleasure; a book that would tell the often-untold true tales of history. We read predictions of Nostradamus, memorized famous epitaphs, learned about famous natural disasters, all the while stockpiling random bits of information. In retrospect...
Iowa Is One Of The Most Festive States For Halloween
Even if you've waited until the beginning of October to kick off spooky season, it's finally here. I couldn't find the pumpkin and ghost sugar cookies in the grocery store this week. That's how you know. Halloween But Make It Boo-tiful. It's no secret the Midwest knows how to party...
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