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President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday, Dec. 10, he will nominate former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack to join his Cabinet as agriculture secretary, a position he held for eight years in the Obama administration.
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Ariana Figueroa, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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12/15/20
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s children had a question for Walcott turkey farmer Ron Kardel: “Can we touch your turkeys?”
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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12/15/20
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Tasty Café, in Eldridge, made the perfect half-way point for Davenport’s Jeanie Matzen to meet her grandson, Tavian Clausen, of DeWitt, for an early Thanksgiving dinner.
The pair, and …
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Mark Ridolfi
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12/1/20
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Grainy, black and white photographs and tales of the 1940 National Cornhusking Contest are helping bring forgotten memories back into focus for many Scott County residents.
An NSP Country …
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Jennifer DeWitt
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12/1/20
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Long Grove turkey farmer Chuck Brockmann is providing Thanksgiving dinner for two other Chuck Brockmanns he’s never met.
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Mark Ridolfi, NSP Assistant Editor
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11/24/20
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A Walcott farmer, Ron Kardel, and his wife, Susie, will be "wheels up" on Saturday, destination Washington, D.C., for a family reunion – at the White House.
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Bill Tubbs, NSP Publisher
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11/17/20
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A rural Atalissa couple has found what they’re calling their “ideal” breed of livestock and are helping produce some of the finest fabric in the world.
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Tim Evans of the West Liberty Index
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10/29/20
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Some 80 harvest seasons have passed since Henry Keppy Sr.’s farm northwest of Davenport basked in the national spotlight and American agriculture took center stage before a crowd of tens of …
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Jennifer DeWitt
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10/28/20
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One of the 911 pages that area firefighters never want to hear is the call for help from an individual trapped in a grain bin. The end result is typically tragic.
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Scott Campbell, NSP Editor
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10/28/20
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The yesteryear skill of cornhusking is still alive and well, particularly in Iowa, where the state contest went off in September without a hitch.
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10/28/20
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Some 80 harvest seasons have passed since Henry Keppy Sr.’s farm northwest of Davenport basked in the national spotlight and American agriculture took center stage before a crowd of tens of thousands.
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Jennifer DeWitt for Country Connection
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10/28/20
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It was certainly a strange week back in August, when the empty Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds gave evidence to one more event that was kicked to the curb by COVID-19.
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Scott Campbell, NSP Editor
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10/13/20
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