The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education Program will be offering a “Last Chance” Private Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for private pesticide applicators at county extension offices throughout the state. The course will fulfill 2022 recertification requirements for private pesticide applicators.
U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) has announced that he has assembled an Agriculture Advisory Board ahead of the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig will serve as the honorary Chairman.
Twenty-four-year-old Chinese pianist Ying Li is the First Prize winner of the 2021 Young Concert Artists Susan Wadsworth International Auditions, as well as recipient of The Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Prize and the Tri-I Noon Recitals Prize. She has received top awards in numerous national and international competitions. It’s sure to be one you won’t want to miss! She will be in concert on Sunday, April 16th at 2:00pm. We give special thanks to Jane Rohman for sponsoring the show. All in attendance are invited to a reception afterward at the historic Muir House. Area piano students are invited to a free Master Class after the reception at the Concert Hall and can attend the concert for free by registering with the Box Office.
Hamburg’s Maddy Duncan was named the female February Athlete of the Month at Peru State College. Duncan played and started in all six games for the Bobcats in the month of the February scoring 12.5 points per game shooting 35.2% from the field, 32.5% from beyond the arc and 92.3% from the free throw line.
A total of 34 athletes, with 20 boys and 14 girls, are out for track and field at Sidney High School this season. Coach Donnie Sears said the Sidney teams are underclassmen heavy with the boys’ team having 17 freshmen or sophomores and the girls’ team having nine freshmen or sophomores.
In its fourth year of competitive dance and first year at the state tournament, Lourdes Central Catholic earned a runner up finish for Hip Hop in Class C2. Louisville won the championship.
Before my junior year in high school, I returned from a Boy Scout canoeing trip to discover my sister had been killed in a car crash. I will never forget the sadness of the moment when I walked into the house that was filled with what seemed like half the caring and wonderful town of De Smet to find my mom and dad there grieving. It was near the end of that summer, but the beginning of a long period of mourning for my family and me.
Lourdes Central Catholic recently inducted 12 new members from the junior class to the National Honor Society. Front row, from left are Rebekah Vaverek, Baylor Lee, Cora Krog, Lucy Chaney, Ava Buggi, Jenna Box; second row: Fr. Jonathan Haschke, CAO, Alex Peter, Jayger Haag, Ben Chance, Nolan Beccard, Isaac Bruggeman, and Jake Bebout.
What separates average-to-good Iowa towns from thriving ones, former Governor Terry Branstad often said, is the presence of locally owned banks and a dedicated community newspaper. Community newspapers are a big part of what makes Iowa, well, Iowa.
It is Income Tax time in our land. Pretty certain that isn’t news to anyone. Indeed, I can’t say it is one of favorite times of the year. But – I have discovered this year I will be sorry to see the deadline for filing come to an end.