Jared Strong

A Central City orchard needs to find a new buyer for about 50,000 pounds of apples and other small and new Iowa farmers worry about their expansion plans amid uncertainty about federal ag policies.

Bob Teig used radio station jobs to “come out of my shell.” They also put him on the path to being a federal prosecutor.

The superintendent of the Johnson County Conservation Department for years took supplies and equipment from the department for his personal use and went on extended vacations without reporting them, according to court records.

Children would need permission from a parent or guardian to possess an online social media account under a bill that received bipartisan support Tuesday from an Iowa House committee.

Several excavation companies are scrambling to find other work and have laid off employees because a federal funding freeze recently halted 11 mine reclamation projects.

A commercial turkey flock of about 30,000 birds in Sac County was recently infected by a very contagious and deadly avian flu, according to state ag officials.

MidAmerican Energy has tentative plans to complete a 900-acre solar energy farm south of Iowa City that stalled several years ago amid an electrical grid evaluation.

Sky watchers claim Iowans have been exposed to chemicals and nanotechnology as part of governmental programs to control the weather and climate.

Ashley and Joshua Drew admitted they locked a 16-year-old boy in his bedroom and withheld food. The boy lost mobility in his legs and was severely underweight at 76 pounds.

The ethanol industry has been a stabilizing force for corn prices in recent years, and boosting ethanol demand might help counteract diminished farm income.