State Ag Leader Advises Farmers Make Storage Plans

The backlog of rail cars needed for harvest in the Dakotas has not eased. Reports of how bad they are…

Petition Drive Started On Farm Payment Limits

  The Center for Rural Affairs has begun a petition drive in Iowa to ask the Obama administration to close…

Farm Leader Says Let Local Schools Decide Meals

  This week the Senate Ag Committee held a hearing looking at school lunch nutrition standards. Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow…

Conservation Leader Concerned At Wetland Loss

This week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a report detailing the loss of wetlands over the last ten…

Deer Population Low

A D-N-R expert predicts a “very significant” drop in Minnesota’s deer harvest in 2014 under new regulations that aim to rebuild the deer herd after two tough winters.

News Conference Focuses On Unemployment

A key labor group and two liberal advocacy groups organized a news conference featuring an Iowan who lost his job three years ago.

New Disease Bugging Americans

Physicians in the U-S are learning more about the exotic-sounding illness that originated in the Caribbean called chikungunya.

Twins Fall, Hughes Hurt

Hector Noesi allowed three hits over 7 2-3 innings and Adam Eaton had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Viking Coach Apologizes

Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer says he “went way below the bar” with his homophobic remark in front of players that led to his looming three-game suspension.

Royals Win In Extra Innings

Nori Aoki singled home Lorenzo Cain in the 14th inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 win over Cleveland after Indians starter Corey Kluber carried a perfect game into the seventh inning on Thursday night.