Rock Rapids News

DES MOINES, Iowa It's probably a sign of the times that providers in Iowa say they can't complain too much about a recent 5% across-the-board cut to Medicaid reimbursement for DME.

Warm clothing for children this winter is a goal that has Mid-Sioux Opportunity Inc., partnering with local businesses.

A reward is being offered in the case of nearly 4,000 pigs that suffocated on a Siouxland confinement.

Nearly 4,000 hogs suffocated in a building at a hog confinement operation in Sioux County, Iowa.

Authorities suspects vandals caused 3,800 pigs to suffocate in a building at a hog confinement operation near Hull in northwest Iowa.

AUTHORITIES ISSUED WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT TODD HASCHE OF RURAL ROCK RAPIDS FRIDAY REPORTED CONTROLS TO A HOG CONFINEMENT AIRFLOW SYSTEM HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH.

Nashville recording artist calls experience 'magical' The Sound of Music - Maestro Lee Thorsen , conductor of the Cherokee Symphony, acknowledges his musicians at the Symphony's Sunday Nov.

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa - The River Valley Community Players will present a musical comedy, 'Temporarily Tartan,' for five shows in a dinner-theater setting this week.

The ASA-sanctioned Jackson Speedway wrapped up its 2009 racing campaign Saturday night with the running of the annual Fall Classic.

The Cherokee Symphony Orchestra and Board of Directors look forward with great anticipation to the 2009-2010 concert season.

New playground equipment installed on Sioux City's near-north side has made such a "splash," leaders plan to create similar parks in other neighborhoods.

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THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION COUNCIL AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ANNOUNCED CAROL SCHNEIDER HAS ACCEPTED THE EXTENSION COORDINATOR POSITION.

Terry McCarl of Altoona, IA, inked his name into the record books as the first three-time winner of the ASCS Knoxville Nationals by wiring the field in Saturday night's $10,000-to-win championship finale atop the fabled A1 2-mile Knoxville Raceway clay oval at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

Terry McCarl of Altoona, IA, inked his name into the record books as the first three-time winner of the ASCS Knoxville Nationals by wiring the field in Saturday night's $10,000-to-win championship finale atop the fabled A1 2-mile Knoxville Raceway clay oval at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

Not only is the Lewis and Clark Pipeline Project going to benefit communities with a steady supply of water, it's going to make them more appealing to future businesses, and create new jobs.

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa - Jerry Mathers, won't you please come home? That's the request a retired Central Lyon High School teacher wants to make of the former child star.

Services for Theodore Christians, 54, of Slayton, will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Christ Lutheran Church in Slayton.

THREE WORKSHOPS WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY, FINANCIAL OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES, LEGAL OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES, HOW TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS DURING STRESSFUL TIMES AND WHAT CHILDREN SHOULD BE TOLD.

This is a turbulent, trying time for the US dairy industry, with the dynamics of the global economy impacting dairy farm owners and agri-businesses. Through no fault of their own, dairy owners may be facing a financial crisis.