The Lake Mills FFA Chapter held its Annual Banquet, Sunday, April 7, at the Lake Mills High School.
The FFA recognized outgoing Chapter Officers, top 10 fruit sellers, and academic achievement with a 3.5-4.0 GPA.
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It’s been more than two years since the World Health Organization declared a global COVID-19 pandemic. Since that declaration, which was made in March 2020, remarkable progress has been made by scientists, medical professionals and researchers devoted to combatting the potentially deadly COVID-19...
Farmers, gardeners and anyone with interest in helping monarchs thrive can get involved with resources provided by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
At this year’s Farm Progress Show, specialists from Iowa State University and USDA will discuss recent efforts to increase the population...
Average gasoline prices in Iowa have fallen 18.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.68/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,036 stations in Iowa. Prices in Iowa are 83.6 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 69.7 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national...
In between corn dogs and giant slide rides, here are five ways kids can learn about agriculture at the Fair.
1. Little Hands on the Farm—Located in Kids Zone, the Andringa Family Foundation Little Hands on the Farm encourages children ages two to 10 to become farmers by visiting a swine barn,...
Bart Winter, Lake Mills, scored his first hole-in-one on Hole #2 with his 8 iron, last Wednesday, Aug. 3, playing with the weekly Men’s Senior group at Rice Lake Golf Course.
The final month of meteorological summer began warm and unseasonably dry. Temperatures over the reporting period were nearly six degrees above normal with heat index values at many stations in the triple digits over several days; the statewide average temperature was 77.2 degrees, 5.2 degrees above...
Bruce and Deb Cavett have owned and operated Cavett’s Lawn and Garden Equipment, Inc., located on N. Mill St., Lake Mills, since 2005.
The hard-working couple decided to make a change and recently purchased another business in Lake Mills—NAPA Auto Parts—located at 108 S. Lake St., formerly owned...
The annual Back to School Breakfast will be held Wednesday, Aug. 17, at 7 a.m. in the LMCS foyer. The public is encouraged to attend and welcome staff members to a new school year.
April Zobel will be this year’s featured speaker. April graduated from Lake Mills High School in 2001. During her...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director Matt Russell, has announced that 12 Iowa Counties are authorized for emergency haying or grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for fiscal year 2022. FSA’s fiscal year runs from Oct. 1-Sept...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.
“With a warm and dry July in the rearview mirror, Iowa is expected to...
