DECORAH, Iowa, March 7 -- Luther College posted the following news: * * * 10th annual Giving Day raises over $1.2 million, creates lasting impact to students # Luther College raised more than $1,206,800 during the college's tenth annual Giving Day on Thursday, March 6. The money raised will support and enhance the Luther experience at the college through the Luther Fund, Luther's unrestricted current fund that supports all students, faculty, staff and community endeavors on campus. "For   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 8 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Reynolds extends harvest proclamation Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through April 7, 2025. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, stover, fertilizer (dry, liquid, and gas), manu  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 8 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Mixed Species Backyard Flock in Dallas County DES MOINES, Iowa (March 8, 2025) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a mixed species  more