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‘It’s about doing things that are good for the land’ (opens the original)
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The Iowa Natural Resource & Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund has been in place since it was added to Iowa's Constitution in 2010. It was established to provide over $200 million annually to improve soil and water quality, improve and increase outdoor recreation and help provide economic development. The funding was to come through a three-eighths of a cent increase in the state sales tax. That last part is the fly in the ointment. There's no money in it. None. Zero. Zilch. Why? That sales tax incre
Rounding up some fun (opens the original)
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DAYTON -- Stetson Spangler, 11, of Farnhamville, was only missing one important piece of cowboy gear Saturday night as he hung out with his family on the hill at the 89th annual Dayton Labor Day Rodeo. Instead, while relaxing and waiting to compete in the miniature bull riding, he stayed comfortable in a pair of Crocs. He's competed before. He was confident he could stay on for the full 8 seconds. "Keep your legs tight and maintain your balance," he said. Also in the audience waiting for a turn
A simpler time (opens the original)
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PALMER -- Deb Erickson, of Pomeroy, does at home what she was demonstrating Sunday at the 42nd Annual Wiegert Prairie Fall Fest at the Wiegert Prairie Farmstead. So that hand cranked butter churn she was using? "I do this at home, usually about every six months," Erickson said. "Then we freeze it. I use the churn just because it's more authentic." She also cans, bakes the family bread from scratch, raises their meat and gardens. "I love it," she said. "It's not so stressful." So how do people re
‘The river is our friend’ (opens the original)
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As a group of about 25 volunteers gathered at Richardson Landing along the Des Moines River Saturday morning for the annual Webster County River Cleanup, Webster County Conservation Naturalist Karen Hansen gave part of the day's orientation. It concerned how many garbage bags they might want to take along. "It's up to you how many you take," Hansen said. "You take one or six; you might fill them all." At the set-in site along River Road five miles upstream, the volunteers got busy along the shor
A step back in time (opens the original)
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HOMER -- Jazmine Meeks, of Duncombe, was sitting in the seat of a restored 1950 John Deere A Saturday morning at the 25th West Central Region Cockshutt & CO-OP Club Threshing Bee with her little sister Jennie Phipps, of Wolf. Meeks got to experience some memories on the bright shiny green machine. "There's a lot of memories with my great-grandfather," Meeks said. "We used to ride on them; we used to rebuild tractors together." While her great-grandfather, Rollie Stevens, is gone, the family stil
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