Certification course, led by extension experts, offers experience identifying and safely harvesting wild mushrooms in the state of Iowa January 28, 2025, 10:56 am | Chelsea Harbach [caption id="" align="alignright" width="480"] A white morel (Morchella americana) popping up through the forest floor prime for harvest. (Credit: Lina Rodriguez-Salamanca, courtesy of ISU)[/caption] AMES, Iowa – Iowa […]
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Iowa Learning Farms to Host Forestry on Tap in Indianola
January 31, 2025, 8:58 am | Ann Staudt AMES, Iowa – Iowa Learning Farms, in partnership with Conservation Learning Group and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Warren County, will host “Forestry On Tap,” Thursday, Feb. 20, 6-7 p.m. at West Hill Brewing Co. in Indianola. Complimentary food will be available beginning at 5:30 p.m. […]
Registration Is Open for 2025 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference
By Billy Beck AMES, Iowa – The 2025 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference will be held March 1 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is co-led by Iowa State University, University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Services. “For over 25 years, the Tri-State Forest Stewardship […]
Fort Dodge couple sues city alleging misconduct by a police officer
By Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch A Fort Dodge couple is suing the city, alleging a police officer improperly entered their home and violated their
Iowa 4-H Plant the Moon Selected for Iowa STEM Scale-Up Program
By Maya Hayslett, Sydney Peterson Plant the Moon Challenge experiments. AMES, Iowa – The Iowa 4-H Plant the Moon Challenge has been selected for the
Hundreds Crowd Public Hearing on Second Attempt at a Carbon Pipeline Permit
By Makenzie Huber SIOUX FALLS — Hundreds of people, many of them opponents of a carbon dioxide pipeline, filled the Southeast Technical College auditorium
Iowa’s Chief Justice Asks Lawmakers for Magistrate System Changes, Judicial Pay Increases
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen called Wednesday for a “modernization” of the state’s magistrate system, increasing state district court judge pay and addressing
Iowa State University Scientists Lead Breakthrough To Understand Contents of Plant Cells
Professor Justin Walley and Christian Montes, a research scientist, in the Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, led the work to develop a
Junk food and drug use cut into life expectancy gains for states
After large drops during the pandemic, life expectancy in the United States should recover to 2019 levels this year nationally and in 26 states
Focus of 2025 Three-State Beef Conference Is Improving Efficiencies in the Cow Herd
Greenfield is Iowa location, to be held Jan. 15 By Erika Lundy-Woolfolk, Chris Clark GREENFIELD, Iowa – The Three-State Beef Conference provides beef cattle producers
