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Single digits. Well stay sunny and cool for new years day, but well start a slow warming trend into the weekend with highs back in the 30s by next week. Today am snow likely high 2430 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 27 iow 28tonight mostly cloudy low 1319 winds w 515 alo 12 dbq 17 iow 17 in only 34 days, iowans will head out to caucus for their president ial candidates. This morning, 2 in the republican field are in iowa. One on the edge of the toptier. And another trying to claw into the race. One of th...

Has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on snow to overspread the area during the morning commute. Many areas should see around an inch of snow, though some isolated 2 reporor cannot be ruled out either. The bottom line is thahathe commute will likely turn slick, even with minor snow accumulation. This system should be out by noon at the latest, with clouds holding on the rest of theay. Quiet weather is likely f2om thursday throu at least early monday with cooler temperaturur as well. L. Ur nex...

Drivers should have a smoother thats because Road Conditions have improved over the past few hours. As you can see, much of the state is partially covered with snow and ice. But now some places across iowa are returning to their normal conditions. Here in the metro. Snow plows have been at work around the clock clearing snow. And theyre making noticeable progress. Des moines public works director Jonathan Gano has been overseeing operations. He joins us now by phone. Things are looking up for th...

Milk prices see cautious optimism

Pet food spending increased almost 12 percent during the past year, according to Circana, primarily driven by price increases. But volume sales decreased 2.7 percent year over year as consumers

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A bipartisan bill to support rural communities by investing in co-operatives was introduced in the US

CoBank Looks at How the Economy will Impact Farm Country

CoBank says ag supply chains continue to struggle with significant disruptions.