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The Fremont County Tourism Board oversees tourism funds generated by the Fremont County Hotel/ Motel tax and allocates those funds for projects or events that are anticipated to increase tourism within Fremont County.

When her husband passed in 2000 from complications with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Jean Driscoll found herself stepping up in some big ways to operate the family farm. A swine and crop producer from Cedar County, Driscoll had been involved with the farm from the start, working with her husband, the late Dennis “George” Driscoll, on barn chores, recordkeeping and occasionally some fieldwork.

U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) has announced that high school students across Iowa’s 4th Congressional District are invited to submit their artwork for the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. This competition is conducted by members of the U.S. House of Representatives to encourage students from across the country to express their artistic talents.

Plants often are only as strong as the soil in which they grow. While certain greenery may thrive no matter where it’s planted, soil conditions are often key to successful growing.

The Army Corps of Engineers released the following information on the spring flood forecast for the Missouri River Basin on Friday, March 24. Flood Risk While the flood risk across the Missouri Basin varies for this spring, much of the basin is expected to have a reduced flood risk due to the ongoing drought. However, there are parts of the basin where near-normal or even enhanced flood risk is possible due to near-toabove average mountain snowpack and a significant plains snowpack. Below normal mountain runoff is expected for all but the North Platte basin, where an above normal runoff year is expected. Flood Risk Considerations Soils are still very dry across much of the Missouri Basin.