Ellston News

Christine is the daughter of William and Linda Shoemaker of Ellston, IA, mother of Jeffrey Gullion of Mechanicsville, IA and Joelle Caswell of New Hampton, IA.

In his Sept. 28 column, 'Rural Iowans Yearn for Respectful Politics,' Kyle Munson quotes an Ellston woman as saying her Republican friends are perplexed as to why the Iowa GOP is characterized as extremist.

NCBA Staff Landi McFarland, a fourth-generation Angus breeder from Ellston, Iowa, was one of more than 50 young cattlemen and women selected to participate in the National Cattlemen's Beef Association 32nd Young Cattlemen's Conference .

Author, political pundit and Time magazine columnist Joe Klein talks to a group of residents in Ellston, Ia., on Monday about the 2012 presidential election and the meanness of modern political discourse.

NCBA Staff Landi McFarland, a fourth-generation Angus breeder from Ellston, Iowa, was one of more than 50 young cattlemen and women selected to participate in the National Cattlemen's Beef Association 32nd Young Cattlemen's Conference .