First Black Farmers Conference planned for Iowa

The state’s first-ever Iowa Black Farmers Conference is planned to be held in Des Moines later this month. Conference co-founder Todd Western the third says his family has owned a farm near Waterloo for more than 150 years. Western says growing up, he only knew of one other black farmer in the state. He says […]

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Iowa unemployment rate drops in May

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