Coon Rapids News

Women who own or manage farmland in and around Carroll County are invited to attend a Women Caring for the Land workshop from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at Whiterock Conservancy in Coon Rapids.

As science unveils more about the pig, will it change our view of whether pigs are pets or meat? The notion of pigs as pets lies at the heart of the animosity between hog producers and their critics, pork producers and some observers say.

There are at least three chances next weekend to escape whatever drama accompanies Thanksgiving with the relatives.

Redemption is something a working artist like Chad Elliott understands. It is the saving or improving of something from irreversible decline.

The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has announced the winners of its drawing during IRFAa s participation in the Iowa Corn Fed GameDay promotion prior to the Iowa vs.

The menu served to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. farmer-business man Roswell Garst in 1959 at Hotel Fort Des Moines was served again at the hotel last Friday, Aug.

The legacy of citizen diplomacy that led farmer Roswell Garst to invite Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to Iowa 50 years ago lives on here in many ways, speakers said at a conference in Des Moines on Friday.

Coon Rapids, Ia. - This city and the nearby Roswell and Elizabeth Garst farmstead on Saturday once again brought together Russian visitors and American hosts to discuss a new vision for feeding the world.

LIZ GARST is business manager for the Garst family and lives in Coon Rapids. Contact: lizgarst@gliddenwildblue.com. * August 26, 2009 I am often asked how it happened that Nikita Khrushchev visited my Grandfather Roswell Garst's farm in Coon Rapids in 1959.

Iowa briefly became the warmest spot in the Cold War 50 years ago, when a farmer from Coon Rapids and the leader of the Soviet Union talked corn and farm equipment.

Iowa briefly became the warmest spot in the Cold War 50 years ago, when a farmer from Coon Rapids and the leader of the Soviet Union talked corn and farm equipment.

Iowa briefly became the warmest spot in the Cold War 50 years ago, when a farmer from Coon Rapids and the leader of the Soviet Union talked corn and farm equipment.

The Centerville School District has hired nine new teachers for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year.

Iowa briefly became the warmest spot in the Cold War 50 years ago, when a farmer from Coon Rapids and the leader of the Soviet Union talked corn and farm equipment.

Dawson Fischer got an up close look at some prize-winning porkers Saturday morning at the Pocahontas County Fair.

Sen. DARYL BEALL, D-Fort Dodge, is vice chair of the Legislature's International Relations Committee and a member of the Senate Education Committee.