Farmland values rise in Iowa fueling startup challenges
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Robert Lounsberry warns rising farmland values threaten young farmers. He notes U S farm assets near 1 trillion dollars with about 10 percent in Iowa and says farmland now Outpaces returns from common stock. Credit remains limited but possible through family, inheritance, off farm income, and government lending programs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
Lounsberry
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Fmha
Iowa Family Farm Authority Program
Hearing on draining Lake Meyer in Winneshiek County
The Winneshiek County Conservation Board will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. at the Lake Meyer Nature Center in Fort Atkinson to discuss draining the 37 acre lake to reduce bullhead overpopulation. Draining would start July 13, with licensed anglers allowed to take fish from June 15 by net gig bow and arrow or fishing pole. The lake will be refilled and restocked with game fish next year.
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Calmar
Winneshiek County Conservation Board
Lake Meyer
Lake Meyer Nature Center
Fort Atkinson
Angiers
Prairie du Chien Bridge Repair Contract Signed
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation signed a 2.5 million dollar contract with U.S. Steel to repair the U.S. Highway 18 bridge in Prairie du Chien. Work will start this week with riverbed drilling for pier footings, scaffolding beneath the tied-arch bridge, and beam replacement. Navigation will be narrowed to a single barge lane once scaffolding is in place, with traffic resuming by late July.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Transportation
U.S. Steel
West Channel
Tom Kinsey
la Crosse
Jackson County man dies in farm tractor accident
Darrell Everette Drury Sr., 47, of Green Island, was fatally injured Friday afternoon when his tractor overturned in mud on a farm lane near Sabula. He suffered head injuries and was dead on arrival at Jackson County Public Hospital in Maquoketa. The crash occurred about 4 10 p.m. one half mile north of Iowa 64 on U.S. Highway 52 in southeast Jackson County, with Sabula Fire Department assisting in the investigation.
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Sabula
Darrell Everette Drury Sr
Green Island
Sabula Drury
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Iowa State Patrol
Sabula Fire Department
Glen Swanson
Grandson dies in San Diego linked to Marion family
City Briefs report the death of Scott E. McCalley, 28, of Minneapolis, in San Diego on Thursday. Survivors include his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert McCalley, 928 Seventh St., Marion. The page also lists local event ads and community notices for May activities, sales, and services.
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Scott E. McCalley
Minneapolis
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