ISU study indicates bees may contribute to plant diversity

While it’s long been known that having a wide range of plants attracts pollinators like bees, butterflies and bats, a new Iowa State University study finds pollinators may be an important factor in supporting plant diversity. ISU ecology professor Brian Wisley says over four years, researchers carefully set up and monitored plots of restored prairie […]

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Norma Jean Gerke, 84, Newell

Norma Jean Gerke, age 84, of Newell, Iowa died April 14, 2026 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral

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