AMES, Iowa -- As the holiday season quickly approaches, holiday stressors tend to sneak up as well. These additional commitments for time and money can zap the happy from the holidays, says Dawn Dunnegan, a human sciences specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. “With already hectic schedules, many of us add holiday shopping, baking, wrapping and decorating to our list of things to do,” said Dunnegan, who specializes in family life issues.

This past week, the U.S. House of Representatives proposed a tax bill that would have a disastrous effect on wind energy development in Iowa and the United States, threatening over 100,000 jobs. The proposed bill backs out of the bipartisan law that provides certainty and stability to the wind energy production tax credit, or PTC, a key federal policy that supports wind.

JOHNSTON, November 3, 2017 - Looking out his combine cab window, Iowa farmer Dean Meyer contemplates several things, but one stands out, how to add value to every bushel of corn. Meyer knows one proven strategy to do so has been his diversified operation, including the livestock animals raised on his farm. When, Meyer, who raises cattle, feeds his cattle corn, sells them, and they become processed as beef products, he creates a value-added product -Iowa corn-fed beef. The U.S.

DAVENPORT, IA – November 2017 –Gilda’s Club, is hosting a FREE Grief and the Holidays workshop led Kelly Hendershot, LMSW on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Gilda’s Club Quad Cities (1234 East River Drive, Davenport). Holidays are meant to be spent with our loved ones. So how do you celebrate while mourning a loss? Hendershot will provide strategies to help support you through the holiday season.