Corn farming
CORRECTS YEARS OF FARMING TO 43 INSTEAD OF 45 - Morey Hill stands near a barn on his farm, Friday, April 16, 2021, near Madrid, Iowa. In 43 years of farming, Hill had seen crop-destroying weather, rock-bottom prices, trade fights and surges in government aid, but not until last year had he endured it all in one season. Now, as Hill and other farmers begin planting the nation's dominant crops of corn and soybeans, they're dealing with another shift _ the strongest prices in years and a chance to put much of the recent stomach-churning uncertainty behind them. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
US farmers finally see better outlook after 2 odd years

By Scott Mcfetridge Apr. 27, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 30, 2021, file photo, young unaccompanied migrants wait for their turn at the secondary processing station inside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas. U.S. authorities say they picked up nearly 19,000 children traveling alone across the Mexican border in March. It's the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major test for President Joe Biden as he reverses many of his predecessor's hardline immigration tactics. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool, File)
Policy changes help drive US migrant crossings to new highs

By Elliot Spagat Apr. 09, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

Children play at Primrose Hill Park in London, Jan. 29, 2021, as floodwaters turn a park walkway into a pond. (AP Photo/Sheila Norman-Culp)
VIRUS DIARY: It's mud, mud everywhere in UK's 3rd lockdown

By Sheila Norman-Culp Feb. 19, 2021 09:21 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Des Moines Register. Feb. 11, 2021. Editorial: A silver lining of this pandemic: Iowans are connecting with health care providers ...

Hog farmer sentenced to life in corn rake killing of wife

Sep. 04, 2020 06:09 PM EDT
MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa hog farmer was sentenced Friday to life in prison in the death of his wife, who was impaled in the back with a corn...

The steeple at College Church in Wheaton, Ill. was toppled during a storm Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, Ill. Church officials check out the damage from the rooftop which also left several trees in the nearby park heavily damaged. (Mark Welsh /Daily Herald via AP)
Powerful storm leaves 2 dead, heavy crop damage in Midwest

By Ryan J. Foley And Josh Funk Aug. 11, 2020 11:02 AM EDT