Increased state spending to prep for potential foreign animal disease outbreak

The Iowa House and Senate have agreed to redirect $2.5 million that’s sitting unused in the Iowa Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Fund. The fund was created to test for the contagious diseases which were a threat to cattle and other livestock in the past, but have largely been eliminated in the United States. Representative Norlin […]

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Sioux Rapids Receiving Grant

Senator Chuck Grassley has announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide a $355,000 grant to the City of