Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Top honors awarded at Dorset Sheep Show
An area exhibitor won honors during the Dorset Sheep Show at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.
Gensley Ball, of Greenville, placed first and second in the Shorn Ewe Lamb-All Ages division, and also placed second with a pair of ewe lambs.
Help the DNR track hemorrhagic disease
Hemorrhagic disease, commonly referred to as EHD or Bluetongue, has been impacting deer in Iowa for over a decade, with severe outbreaks occurring in 2012, 2013, 2019 and 2023. As a way to better understand disease impacts, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has created an online tool...