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Friday, May 10, 2013  Tomatoes are some of the most common vegetables you'll find in local gardens. But when it comes to making sure your plants are productive, it's all about how you plant them.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  National corn planting numbers higher than percentage in Iowa.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  How many times a week do you stock up on fresh produce? Some people make daily trips to the store....but there's a way you can reduce all that running around. KHQA's Kristen Aguirre shows you another way to get your greens.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Rainfall totals say we're five inches above average so far this year and that is making farmers a little nervous as corn planting continues to be delayed.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Macomb residents got the all-clear to take a nice long shower Thursday morning and the boil order was lifted Friday morning.

Monday, April 22, 2013  You might not have a green thumb, but you can get there.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Wet or dry? Gardeners make plans with no certainty in forecast as cold spring follows drought

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Residents of Texas town ready to start recovery from plant blast as soon as authorities allow

Thursday, April 18, 2013  Police: Between 5 and 15 people killed in Texas fertilizer plant explosion; more than 160 hurt

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  These cool, wet conditions are preventing farmers from planting corn crops, but it's not too late.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  It may not feel like it, but spring is officially here. That means it's time to break out the shovels and spread the soil because gardening season is upon us. Not the green thumb type? We'll  tell you why learning to garden may be worth getting down in the dirt.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  A fluorescent green-colored discharge from the Mexico waste-water treatment plant was observed in the Salt River in December 2008.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Fort Madison Tuesday for a town hall meeting on Lee County's recent economic development.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Authorities say 10 people were taken to hospitals after the explosion Thursday at the American Steel Foundries plant in Granite City, northeast of St. Louis.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Titan International CEO Morry Taylor sat down with Jim Whitfield Thursday to address the controversy that began after a French Industrial minister asked him to buy a struggling Goodyear tire factory in France.