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Ferentz Still Sorting Out His Hawkeye Wide Receiving Corps
(Iowa City, IA) -- With Mark Gronowski entrenched as the starting quarterback, he will need somebody to throw to. Senior Addison Ostrenga will inherit the starting Tight End spot with Junior Zach Ortw...
Chris Varney Aug 17, 2025

ISU is Now Healthy at Linebacker and Extremely Deep
(Ames, IA) -- Can there be any position on Iowa State's football team that is deeper than linebacker? The Cyclones were decimated at the position last season by injuries so maybe Head Coach Matt Campb...
Chris Varney Aug 17, 2025

Tyler Folkerts Will Perform Live at Produce in the Park on Thursday
(Atlantic, Iowa) Produce in the Park will be "Cool as a Cucumber" this Thursday, August 21, from 4:30-6:30 in the Atlantic City Park. Market Manager Ciara Hoegh says thanks to a music sponsorship from...
Tom Robinson Aug 17, 2025
Raiola Says He Is Feeling Strong Going Into Sophomore Season
(Lincoln, NE) -- Nebraska Quarterback Dylan Raiola says he is in the best shape of his football career and is ready to begin his Sophomore season. That's good news for Husker fans after a decent fresh...
Chris Varney Aug 17, 2025

Food Price Rate of Growth Slows in 2025
(NAFB) In the first six months of 2025, retail prices for six food-at-home categories grew more slowly than their average rate of growth over the same months between 2005 and 2024, and prices fell in ...
Mandy Billings Aug 17, 2025

National FFA Organization Announces New Membership Numbers
(Undated) The National FFA Organization, a nationally recognized school-based student leadership development organization, announced that its new membership number reflects more than one million FFA m...
Mandy Billings Aug 17, 2025

Help for Farmers Struggling with Mental Health Challenges
(Area) Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) recently introduced the Farmers First Act of 2025. The U.S. is losing too many farmers to suicide, so the bill is all about getting farmers the help they need durin...
Mandy Billings Aug 17, 2025

Iowa Gas Prices Drop Four Cents; Crude Oil Falls Sharply
(Des Moines) Iowa drivers are seeing a slight break at the pump this week. According to AAA, the average price for regular unleaded gasoline in the state dropped 4 cents from last week, now sitting at...
Mandy Billings Aug 17, 2025

DNR Using Drone to Control Lily Growth at Lake Manawa, Lake Anita
(Lewis) - Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen says a drone will be used this week to spray Lotus plants at Lake Manawa and Lake Anita with an aquatic-approved herbic...
Tom Robinson Aug 17, 2025

Benita Schiltz Obituary
Benita Augusta (Bissen) Schiltz, daughter of Joseph and Anna (Erlbacher) Bissen was born on January 11, 1921 in Defiance, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Catholic Church, and gradu...
Western Iowa Today Aug 16, 2025







