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It truly is crunch time in ag land as we’re been dealing with the coldest spring in years. Many planters and tractors are set to roll, but with soil temperatures still in the 45-50 degree range, it’s still a waiting game. Our front page...

WASHINGTON -- Symbolic of the debate we're not having about government's size and role -- the essence of the deficit problem -- is the future of farm subsidies. Running $10 billion to $15 billion annually, they don't do much good. For starters, they...

Gabriella Mammolenti is cool as a cucumber, poised and ready for a shot at the title. She is 6 years old and is a first-grader at Elm Road School in Mishawaka. In June she was crowned National American Miss Indiana (in the 4-6 age group). She will be...

If the ideals of the Olympics as expressed in its charter still ring true in any way, the most resonant moment of the last Summer Games was the sight of Lopez Lomong, a refugee from civil war in the Sudan, carrying the U.S. flag into the opening...

Researchers are working to figure out ways to encourage natural beneficials insects in greenhouses and high tunnels. The same principles apply in home gardens- if you encourage the beneficials by providing food and habitat, they can do some of your......

Dr. Mark Howes, DVM, medical director and owner of Berglund Animal Hospital in Evanston will present an informational seminar entitled "Your Guide To A Happy …...

The Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of their...

Two new principals will take over Arlington Heights School District 25 schools next year. Piper Boston will take over as principal of Ivy Hill Elementary …...

Susan Hahn Susan Hahn was editor of TriQuarterly for 14 years. She is author of a recent novel, “The Six Granddaughters of Cecil Slaughter”; nine books of poetry, including “Self/Pity” and “The Scarlet Ibis”; and...

BROOKINGS - Each year about 1.5 million calves are born in South Dakota. SDSU Extension is hosting a Seedstock Symposium June 27-28 in Sioux Falls at the SDSU Extension Regional Center to provide producers with research-based information on the use of the...

— Take a walk around Lathrop Hall at the University of Missouri, and it won't take long before you meet someone from the Chicago area. There are the roommates from Barrington and Cary, and, two doors down, freshmen from Lemont and Mount Prospect....

All psychotherapists -- and most criminal attorneys -- know that memories are fragile things. Once a seemingly well-entrenched memory for a given event -- what psychologists call a declarative memory -- is taken out for inspection, it is subject to...