On the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth, we marked seasons by the work more than by the month. The planting season, for example, usually began in April and often ended when we drilled …

Recently, Gov. Reynolds submitted Iowa’s application for federal funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) for the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Iowa’s application …

We’re waiting on snowmageddon to dump on Storm Lake this morning after Thanksgiving. Forecasters hyperventilate. Plans are cancelled to gather with the extended family for supper in the happy …

This Thanksgiving weekend, we are simply grateful to be here in The City Beautiful. What good fortune. We know so many folks who feel the same way. Here at the Storm Lake Times Pilot, we deeply …

Loyal Times Pilot reader Nancy Nelson of Linn Grove recently sent us this note: “In the heat of the last few days I’ve been avoiding doing real work by finding things I can do in a …

While the text of the Iowa Constitution lacks the prominence of that adopted by our nation’s Founding Fathers, people from Ackley to Zwingle and points in between should track down a copy and …

A few scenes exploring want and abundance. I’m not thankful in all of them. Scene I. When I was young, the cornucopia was ubiquitous, and the symbol is still in use, but it …

Most of the top leaders of both political parties converged on Washington’s National Cathedral a week ago to honor the memory of former Vice President Dick Cheney at his funeral service. As …

At 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 3, exactly eight hours and 40 minutes after walking into our apartment in Kyiv, Ukraine, my wife sat comfortably in the dentist’s chair. Why did I know to the minute how …

While Congress spent most of the fall perfecting the useless art of finger pointing, the ag economists, farm finance experts, and ag policy wonks at farmdocDAILY kept grinding through the …

Several university leaders have expressed shock when actions by Donald Trump and his 2.0 administration officials have gone directly counter to what he and his appointees supposedly learned during …

My name is Bryce Hogrefe, and I am in the second period Rooted class at Storm Lake High School.  Plants are the milestone of Storm Lake and many places like Storm Lake. Not only do plants …

Northwest headwinds buffet Iowa Republicans a year out from the 2026 midterm elections: Farmers are under stress, grocery prices are high, our rivers are fouled, and voters want better. The GOP …

Any reform plan offered by Gov. Kim Reynolds demands skepticism and invites dismissal, especially since she will not run for re-election next November. Reynolds hung her hat on Medicaid …

We have a lot be thankful for as we celebrate Thanksgiving next week. At the Times Pilot, we’re especially thankful for all the generous readers who have helped clothe deserving kids through …

I grew up in Hospers, Iowa, on Highland Avenue, three houses from the northern edge of town. Our paved road stopped just beyond Reinders’ house, but a dirt road, bending sharply to the east, …

Thanksgiving gets short shrift these days. The Christmas commercialism colossus, burgeoning every year, now occupies a super-sized chunk of November that used to be the province of the …

When the recent Powerball jackpot was around $1.8 billion and the cash value was $820 million; had I won, as many do, I fantasized as to how I would spend it. First of all, I would invest it to …

Thank you to area residents and businesses who stepped up to help our neighbors in need during the recent federal government shutdown. The donations of food were abundant. The monetary …

Some years ago, about 40 I would guess, one of the major coffee companies had a commerical that their coffee was for people who like to drink coffee “hot as fire, black as …