Believe it or not, the season of summer fun is just around the corner. Lucky for residents and visitors alike, Eastern Iowa ...

Twice-daily weather balloon launches will be back on the schedule at the National Weather Service in Valley, Nebraska, and ...

URBANA, Ill. — Anna Ball, an Associate Dean at the University of Illinois, has become a prominent leader in agricultural education, driven by her passion for motivating young people. Raised on a grain ...

Applewald Farm at 525 Huntington Hill Road in Litchfield is again collecting donations of formal wear, street clothes, wigs, jewelry and new makeup for the Rainbow Ball which will be held the first ...

Get ready for some farm fun as bulls play with balls in one of the most entertaining farm moments you’ll see! BREAKING: Supreme Court says govt. does not need to return wrongfully deported man ...

A little taste of summer comes in hot this weekend with opening day for the Greenville Drive at Fluor Field. And if that’s not enough, there’s a hungry caterpillar on the loose (at Chapman ...

As soon as Harvey S. Potter descends upon a drought-stricken farmland, he begins to grow a mysterious but beautiful crop of balloons. Mystified by the new resident's abilities, the people of the ...

THE Farm and Three Blue Ducks Byron are celebrating their 10th anniversary with a special open day on Saturday, May 3. The little thing that grew from one simple question has evolved into a ...

Steven Uden, Oakwood/Salt Fork, right, and Charlie Flores, Hoopeston Area on the podium to get their medals in the championship match of the state wrestling finals at the State Farm Center in ...

At first the competition took peaceful forms, not so much with airplanes as with high-altitude “stratostat” (stratospheric balloon ... foot-diameter airtight ball of welded aluminum and ...