Panora News

You wouldn't run your machinery week after week without checking for indicators that there's trouble brewing.

The Raccoon River Valley Trail Fall Festival is today from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., with special events in most communities along the trail.

On Capitol Hill, a $1.7 million earmark for pig odor research in Iowa has become a joke among Republicans and an example of pork.

Earl Hafner and Practical Farmers of Iowa will offer a field day and pasture walk near Panora focusing on corn breeding and cover crops at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

Despite repeatedly defending an untrue claim he made last week about a provision in a House health care reform bill, a spokesman for U.S. Sen.

Alone, pushing off into the river on a cloudy morning, only the sound of the water rushing over the Lenon Mill Dam in Panora breaks silence.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has been taking a lot of heat for continuing to spread the debunked rumor that end-of-life planning provisions included in proposed health care legislation could lead to government-mandated euthanasia of the elderly , going as far as to strip them from a version of the bill currently before his committee.

PANORA, Iowa - Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican who is a key bargainer on health care reform, was playing to packed crowds across the state who pressed him on the issue and left little doubt they aren't happy with what's on the table.

Grassley flagrently refused to denounce rumors for a second time on Wednesday that the House health care bill would allow government to make end of life decisions.

PANORA, Iowa – Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican who is a key bargainer on health care reform, played to packed crowds across the state who left little doubt that they are not happy with what's on the table.

Now it's the Republicans' turn to face the health care debate back home. People protest President Obama's health care plan Wednesday at a town hall meeting in Panora, Iowa.

Sen. Charles Grassley defended his Republican credentials amid threats from angry constituents Wednesday during a day of spirited public meetings that centered on his role at the heart of the health care debate on Capitol Hill.

PANORA, Iowa a ' Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who is a key bargainer on health-care overhaul, played to packed crowds across the state who left little doubt that they are not happy with what's on the table.

Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley will hold public meetings Wednesday on health care reform.

Inverted bodies flying through the air behind a boat are just one sight people can expect to see Saturday.

Indianola, Ia. - Rodney Heemstra acknowledged Tuesday that he has never expressed sympathy to the widow of the Milo farmer he shot to death six years ago.

BOYS - Tipton senior Eric Thien won the 3,200 meters in 9:33.34, with Eddyville-Blakesburg's Zach Baker taking second .