22 Jan, 2026
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2022 Farm Bill Decisions

The election and enrollment period for USDA Farm Service Agency programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage-County (ARC-CO) or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) opened on October 18, 2021 and runs through March 15, 2022. Producers can now make or change their annual election and enroll for 2022 in ARC or PLC. PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our […]

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Iowa House Bill Gives More Time to Mail Ballots

Election officials would have more time to mail absentee ballots to voters under a bill that advanced Tuesday, February 15, 2022 in the Iowa House of Representatives. Currently, early in-person voting and the mailing of absentee ballots begin 20 days before Election Day. Lawmakers voted along party lines (57 to 37) in February 2021 to […]

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One Year Later, Madisyn Harper In Good Health

Little more than a year ago, the chances of Madisyn’s survival were not favorable. A lifetime of struggles with defect in her heart were becoming too much for the young Sheffield girl to manage. With the output of her heart in rapid decline, she was in a race against time as her doctors waited for […]

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COVID-19 bumps back in Franklin County

New cases of COVID-19 saw a bump in Franklin County after a week of virtually no new activity. As of Monday, October 12, a total of 362 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the county, increasing the county total from the week prior by nine cases, a significant jump over the previous week’s two […]

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Rockwell Council completes Codification of City Ordinance

ROCKWELL — The detailed process for the Codification of the City Ordinance was officially completed by the Rockwell City Council at its Oct. 21 regular meeting. The action followed the Council’s adopting the City’s Trailer/Parking Code 3-3-31 ordinance at its Oct. 7 meeting. The Council unanimously approved the Codification following a public hearing, before then […]