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DES MOINES, Iowa (March 26, 2022) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Franklin County, Iowa. The virus was found in a flock of commercial pullet […]
Mar 26 2022 | Posted in
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PELLA—Facing a red-hot pitcher in frigid weather was not a winning combination for the Central College softball team Saturday. Bethel University (Minn.), behind ace Kayla Simacek, swept the Dutch 9-1 in five innings and 7-3 as temperatures barely nudged 40 degrees and northwest winds howled up to 25 miles per hour. Simacek (10-1) went the […]
Mar 26 2022 | Posted in
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Terry Kinnaird Burger February 20, 1948 – March 25, 2022 What Cheer, Iowa | Age 74 Terry Burger, 74, of What Cheer, died Friday, March 25, 2022 at Windsor Place Manor in Sigourney. Terry Kinnaird Burger was born February 20, 1948 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the son of William and Ruby Smith Burger. Terry was a […]
Mar 26 2022 | Posted in
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A Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office Press Release The Mahaska County Sheriff’s Office would like to recognize and congratulate Mahaska County Jail Administrator Larry Septer. Jail Administrator Septer has announced his retirement from the Sheriff’s Office. Larry was hired in 1988 as a jailer by then-Sheriff Joe Beal. In 1997, then-Sheriff Charlie Van Toorn appointed Larry […]
Mar 25 2022 | Posted in
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Linda Foster December 11, 1946 – March 24, 2022 Oskaloosa (New Sharon), Iowa | Age 75 Linda J. Foster of Oskaloosa and formerly of New Sharon, died Thursday, March 24, 2022, at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born December 11, 1946, in Mahaska County, the daughter of Jake and Helen Cubit Goemaat. […]
Mar 25 2022 | Posted in
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Lila Mae McDonough-Andersen September 6, 1925 – March 24, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa | Age 96 Lila McDonough-Andersen, age 96, of Oskaloosa, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at her home in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She was born on September 6, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Walter H. and Lydia L. (Thoms) Hoyer. […]
Mar 25 2022 | Posted in
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by Dustin Hite This week in the Iowa House, we move closer to ending session and getting back home. We passed several budgets off the House floor, which is usually a sign that we are down to some of the final things. However, even though budgets are beginning to be set, there are still several […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey I apologize for not getting a newsletter out last week. I simply had so many things going on. It was Monday before I had time to write it and by that time, a new week was under way! This week we passed Senate Resolution 108. It recognized March 21 through March […]
Mar 25 2022 | Posted in
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by Senator Ken Rozenboom Agriculture has always been an anchor for Iowa’s economy. To recognize the importance of agriculture in Iowa this week in the Senate we passed Senate Resolution 108. This resolution recognizes March 21 through March 27 as National Agriculture Week in Iowa. Iowa has 84,900 farms, of which over 90 percent are […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (March 24, 2022) – The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Buena Vista County, Iowa. The virus was found in a commercial turkey flock. […]
Mar 24 2022 | Posted in
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