Saturday Oct 24 | Des Moines Register
Small firm's large find: Seed raises bean yields
Perry, Ia. - Mark Terpstra hopes his Cyst Tech soybean seed - which he says will neutralize the yield-robbing nematode parasite - can make Mark Seed Co.
Two from Fort Dodge face a multitude of charges. Pocahontas County Sheriff Bob Lampe says the pair, 19-year-old Kyle Martin and 18-year-old Colton Canavan came to a 92-year-old Rolf man's door at 5:00 Monday morning saying their car broke down and they had to use the telephone.
Laura J. Davis, 87, of Independence, Iowa and formerly of the Gilmore City and Dakota City, Iowa area died Thursday morning, September 17, 2009 at the Buchanan County Health Center in Independence following a long illness.
Mary Ellen Collins, 95, of Gilmore City died Friday September 4, 2009 at the Marian Home in Fort Dodge.
Lorretta C. Heidt, 55, of Fort Dodge, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home.
Don't ask Zeta Wittman about the taffy pull
When Zeta Collins Wittman was born in Gilmore City, Iowa, on June 15, 1900, nobody gave her a Teddy bear.
Corenne A. Seward, 90 formerly of Gilmore City, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at Israel Hospice House in Ames.
Ag Days teaches new generation
Who knew so many of the food products we consume on a daily basis are produced, manufactured, marketed and sold right here in Iowa? Not fifth-grade students Kaley Feser or Rachael Willerth from St.