Bondurant News

KeithPRyan , the mayor of Bondurant, Iowa, captured this image from his backyard with a Nikon D3100.

Andy Hall plants corn in a field, Thursday, May 10, 2012, near Bondurant, Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates a record corn crop this year, topping the previous high by 11 percent.

Emily Mauch of Bondurant received the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Agricultural Science Award during the 2012 Academic Honor Awards Assembly May 4 at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo.

A Central Iowa company plans to begin construction this month on Bondurant's first condominium complex, which will add 77 new housing units to the city in 2012.

Pat Stanley, a bike enthusiast from Altoona, wheels his new specialized road bike out of Rasmussen Bike Shop in West Des Moines this spring.

Rodney Hilpipre, sixth-grade teacher at Four Mile Elementary, received the Golden Apple award based on a nomination by Anne Salow and Ben Meiners.