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    January 31, 2019
    Dust drifts over a cornfield in Alden, Iowa, on Aug. 28, 2017. Corn dominates the landscape and is primarily used for producing ethanol and feeding hogs. Iowa is the leading U.S. producer of corn and pork. Washington Post photo by Bonnie Jo Mount
    In Iowa, Trump's 'long rope' with farmers is starting to run out
    Let's not overstate it. Iowa's agricultural heartland is still largely Trump country. But there are signs, nascent and just starting to bubble,...
    news/nationJanuary 31, 2019 - 10:20am
    January 24, 2019
    The North Dakota Legislature is considering opening family farm corporations to include second cousins.
    Pinke: Freedom to operate: Yes, allow second cousins into farm corporations
    Are you against corporate farming? In 2016, 75 percent of North Dakotans voted against exempting dairy and swine operations from corporate ownership...
    business/agricultureJanuary 24, 2019 - 2:58pm
    October 13, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Minnesota couple calls grain bin home
    A Minnesota couple is now calling a grain bin home. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV on Agweek.com Get the latest agri-weather outlook with...
    newsOctober 13, 2018 - 8:30am
    October 10, 2018
    Authorities ID Iowa man killed in South Dakota crash
    HARRISBURG (AP) — Authorities have identified an Iowa man who died in a crash in eastern South Dakota. The Highway Patrol says 86-year-old...
    news/accidentsOctober 10, 2018 - 12:37pm
    October 7, 2018
    Pheasant numbers up, but not like good old days
    DULUTH — The news across the pheasant range is pretty good for 2018 — numbers up in Minnesota, South Dakota and Iowa and stable in North Dakota — with seasons underway in coming weeks. Numbers are still down from peak levels a decade ago, but high enough to offer...
    sports/outdoorsOctober 7, 2018 - 8:28am
    September 16, 2018
    Robb Ewoldt, who farms 1,100 acres near Muscatine, Iowa, said the trade war with China comes at a bad time. But he said, "If it makes the country better," he's for the tough U.S. stance on trade. Photo for The Washington Post by Whitten Sabbatini.
    Iowa city's bond with China feels taxed
    MUSCATINE, Iowa - This spring, residents of this Mississippi River city published a book celebrating three decades of friendship with Chinese...
    business/agricultureSeptember 16, 2018 - 5:05am
    September 13, 2018
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    Minnesota has lowest percentage of obese adults in Upper Midwest
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota has the lowest adult obesity rate among Upper Midwest states despite an increase of 0.7 percent from 2016 to 2017....
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 13, 2018 - 2:58pm
    September 1, 2018
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    AgweekTV: ND Woman Turns 113!
    The oldest North Dakotan, may be oldest farmer in America. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV on Agweek.com Get the latest agri-weather outlook...
    newsSeptember 1, 2018 - 8:30am
    August 28, 2018
    Authorities said University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was found dead about a month after she went missing in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18. Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office
    'Hispanic community are Iowans': Mollie Tibbetts' father rebukes anti-Hispanic sentiment
    It did not take long, after authorities in Iowa named a suspect in the killing of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts, for her death...
    news/government-and-politicsAugust 28, 2018 - 9:16am
    August 25, 2018
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    AgweekTV: Elevating Art
    Huge elevator mural in Faulkton, SD, has folks gawking and talking. Watch the full episode of AgweekTV on Agweek.com Get the latest agri-weather...
    newsAugust 25, 2018 - 8:30am
    August 22, 2018
    Authorities said University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was found dead about a month after she went missing in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18. MUST CREDIT: Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office
    Tibbetts' suspected killer told investigators about her final moments
    BROOKLYN, Iowa - Far from the courtrooms where President Donald Trump was battered this week by bad news, a slaying in small-town Iowa has given...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 22, 2018 - 9:57pm
    Authorities said University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, 20, was found dead about a month after she went missing in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18. MUST CREDIT: Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office
    Authorities: Man charged with killing Tibbetts is an undocumented immigrant
    Law enforcement officials in Iowa have charged a man with murdering 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbets, saying he admitted to abducting...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 22, 2018 - 10:43am
    August 8, 2018
    A bald eagle photographed flying into a football game in Philadelphia. Eric Hartline / USA TODAY Sports file photo
    19 sentenced so far in Upper Midwest wildlife trafficking crackdown
    PIERRE, S.D.—In one of the largest-ever wildlife trafficking investigations in the Midwest, 19 of the 31 people arrested in the undercover...
    news/crime-and-courtsAugust 8, 2018 - 7:28pm
    July 30, 2018
    Mollie Tibbetts, 20, has been missing since going for a jog in Brooklyn, Iowa, in mid-July. MUST CREDIT: Poweshiek County Sheriff's Office
    Missing Iowa student's father wants help, not sympathy
    As the search for missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts continues, her father is pleading for anyone who might have information on her whereabouts...
    news/crime-and-courtsJuly 30, 2018 - 11:22am
    July 15, 2018
    The Midwest eases its Trump swoon and flirts again with Democratic candidates
    NEW ALBANY, Ohio -- Troy Balderson, the Republican candidate for Congress, wanted to make one thing clear: He would not support President Donald Trump on everything. He would "not ever support separating families" to control immigration. He was not yet sold on the president's tariffs...
    news/government-and-politicsJuly 15, 2018 - 5:35pm
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