Survey: The cost of Iowans’ 4th of July cookouts fell from last year

Despite outcries about high grocery prices, an American Farm Bureau Federation survey finds the cost of a typical Independence Day meal for a family of ten fell slightly from last year. Christopher Pudenz, an economist with the Iowa Farm Bureau, says they based the study on an array of foods many of us will be […]

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Donald Schmitt, 92, Storm Lake

Donald Schmitt, age 92, of Storm Lake, Iowa died March 25, 2026 at Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake. Funeral

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