September 2019

The much-publicized $14 million grain elevator project between Grundy Center and The Mill is well underway for Mid-Iowa Cooperative as cranes and bulldozers from PCI have spent the last several weeks at the site.
           

By now, most of us are familiar with the basic details of this fall's harvest: delayed due to wet conditions, more high yields and still sluggish grain prices. But the people who put in the hours to create those markets and numbers are often overlooked, and a sampling of the work occurring as farmers are preparing for Thanksgiving and heading in for the winter is shown above. To purchase prints of these photos, click here.

 
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One of the most distinguished and well-known institutions in America will bring a traveling exhibit to the Conrad Public Library in late 2018 showcasing the impact of local sports, and for the people in charge of arranging and fundraising the event, it’s a dream come true.
           
“It’s a way to build community—team, coaches, players, people in the community. Hopefully, we’ll bring them in, and they’ll come to this exhibit and spend money,” organizer Sue Gorder said.
           

Seventy-one years after the company was founded, Snittjer Grain continues to grow.
           
The Wellsburg-based company marked the completion of a multimillion-dollar expansion project that included two 15,000-bushel pits, two 300,000-bushel bins and a 650,000-bushel bin on Tuesday morning with a ribbon cutting ceremony in front of the new real estate. According to General Manager J.R. Kennedy, it boiled down to necessity.