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As harvest season approaches, the Benton County Community Foundation wants farmers to know about and consider the opportunity to benefit their local community through a gift of grain. Donating a gift of grain to the Benton County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, is a simple way to make a charitable gift outside of the traditional cash contribution.

It's the topic nobody wants to talk about, their death. What happens when you die? It's not a topic of choice and no one wants to think about a time when they aren't here. Add to the fact that it might be expensive, takes a few minutes of health questions and a possible exam and you put it on the back burner. Life insurance is the ONE insurance you are GURANTEED to use.

Where are we in September?3rd City Hall in Urbana 5pm-?7th Roys Grocery in Shellsburg10th Main Street in La Porte City 5pm-?14th St Stephen's Church Atkins 5pm-?17th City Park in Dysart 5pm-?18th Lori's Vintage Vault in Urbana 4pm-?21st Roys Grocery in Shellsburg 5pm-?24th Nettiannes Shed Sale in Marengo 4pm-?25th Nettiannes Shed Sale in Marengo 11-328th St Stephen's Church in Atkins 5pm-?A fun Pizza Fact: 350 slices of pizza are consumed every second in The United States.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig urges farmers and agribusinesses to evaluate how much propane they'll need to meet grain drying and home and livestock heating demands this fall and winter. Propane users should anticipate and suppliers should make plans to accommodate increased propane demands this fall."The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship works closely with the Governor's Office, the Iowa Department of Transportation, the Iowa Propane and Gas Association, and other industry stakeholders to monitor growing season conditions and potential impacts to the harvest season," said Secretary Naig.

No Fee for Orders, $30 Minimum Purchase Fareway Stores, Inc. now offers online shopping at 126 Fareway Meat & Grocery and Fareway Meat Market locations in a five-state region at Shop.Fareway.com. With the return of school and [st] schedules, families now have the added convenience of shopping their favorite Fareway store online. With an easy-to-navigate platform, customers can still get farm-fresh produce and high quality meat, picked by Fareway's experts, and receive the same great to-your-car carryout service.

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It started with the lawnmower giving out. Do we go out and buy another lawnmower or buy a tractor? If a lawnmower had won, this story wouldn't be here. But the couple decided a tractor would help them move along what had just been a hobby up until then. The tractor came with a bucket as well as a post-hole digger, both needed for this hobby.Vinton now has something that has never been done here before.

Inc. magazine today revealed that Clickstop is No. 3965 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment-its independent small businesses. Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc.

Fareway, which is headquartered in Boone, informed newspapers across the state last week that it no longer will publish its weekly specials in the newspaper. You can pick up a regular print ad, in the store, but it will no longer be delivered to your home.The decision made was a corporate one affecting publications statewide, Fareway vice president of marketing and sales Jeff Stearns told Vinton Today that the ads will continue to run from Wednesday through Tuesday.

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build strong communities. That purpose guides our work every day. One year ago, on August 10, 2020, a derecho swept across our state. It left a trail of destruction and widespread power outages. It was a day many of us will never forget. It was also a day that our purpose came to life. The unprecedented storm knocked out power to a quarter of a million of our customers in 341 Iowa communities.