Prairie City News Archives

The Iowa Foundation for Agricultural Advancement presented $141,850 in scholarships and awards to youth who participated in 4-H and FFA beef, swine, sheep and poultry projects Saturday prior to the Sale of Champions at the 2009 Iowa State Fair.

Small prairie strips growing at key points in corn and soybean fields at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge are yielding more than good crops: They're improving soil and water quality as well as creating beneficial habitat for insects and birds.

FFA members from across Iowa earned championship honors in the FFA Breeding Sheep Show at the 2009 Iowa State Fair.

The memory of the intense heat; the roar of the fire; the panic of knowing the clock is ticking - those flashbacks from last July when Runnells resident Toby Ames helped save the life of then 21-year-old Sarah Elrod of Prairie City still haunt him.

Galen Brock Parsons, 93, of Bettendorf, formerly of Fort Dodge, passed away on Monday, Aug.