LOOMIS — First State Bank has announced that it will expand into Axtell through the acquisition of Farmers and Merchants Bank, pending regulatory approval.

By some estimates, 300,000 farmers defaulted on loans, resulting in the largest number of bank failures since the Great Depression. The Farm Crisis crushed many a small town.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Starting in September, Iowa farmers won’t have to pay 1/4 of a cent for every bushel they sell to grain dealers in the state.

Iowa’s Secretary of State is awarding Marion High School for its efforts to get students to register to vote. By KCRG Staff Published : Apr. 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM CDT ...

The 2025 Innovation at Work series illustrates why Iowa State University is a trusted partner. Through research, teaching, service and extension, Iowa State has a long history of providing proactive ...

HARRISBURG — On April 11, Farmers State Bank will host a dynamic, hands-on event at Harrisburg High School designed to teach students what it’s really like to manage money in ...

Logan McCrea is staying close to home to work with farmers, retailers and landowners to provide educational programming on crop management topics. March 25, 2025, 1:03 pm | Ron Nelson AMES, Iowa – ...

ISU puts this year's break-even prices for corn at $4.35 a bushel, about a nickel below Iowa's average Thursday, and soybeans at $11.25, $1.64 a bushel below the state average.

The Iowa Farmers Union has hired a longtime farmer and the former state chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency as the group's interim executive director. Matt Russell, who ...

The Iowa State Patrol has named the teenager killed in a deadly crash late last week.According to the crash report, 16-year-old Kyle Burk died after being hit on Highway 92 around 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

The Iowa State Fair shared on Facebook that former fair general manager CEO Robert "Marion" Lucas died last week. According to his obituary, Lucas died Jan. 9 at the Miller County Care and ...

Robert “Marion” Lucas, the former manager and CEO of the Iowa State Fair, died on Jan. 9 at the Miller County Care and Rehabilitation Center in Tuscumbia, Missouri. He was 82. Lucas — who ...