Albert City, Iowa

After reviewing some of the motions filed in the VeraSun bankruptcy, Floyd County farmer Mark Kuhn of Charles City is leading an effort for farmers and elevators that had a contract with the company to get ...

Bankrupt VeraSun Energy of Sioux Falls, S.D., Iowa's largest ethanol producer and purchaser of about 8 percent of Iowa's annual corn crop, said Tuesday it has received a "nonbinding indication of interest" to ...

According to its petition for bankruptcy on Oct. 31, VeraSun had total assets estimated at $3.4 billion, and total liabilities of $1.9 billion.

Rembrandt fire department responded to a machine shed on fire with reported multiple explosions, Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m. The fire at the 1228 5th St.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey said farmers who think they have a claim for payments from bankrupt ethanol producer Verasun Energy should contact the department's Grain Warehouse Bureau at ...

After filing for corporate bankruptcy in a Delaware court late Friday, VeraSun Energy officials say they now can continue to pay workers and churn out ethanol at their massive fuel plant at Albert City as well ...

According to a statement from the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Office, Ryan Chance Kendall and Kevin Charles Hinkel are suspected of committing one burglary in rural Buena Vista County, 14 burglaries in the city ...

Randy Nordlund is having a truly lousy year. Nordlund, 53, of Albert City, Iowa, lost his job and his health insurance, was diagnosed with brain cancer and has cataracts in both eyes.

LE MARS, Iowa -- Randy Geyerman claims the Sioux City Journal was to blame for his volunteering with Western Iowa Tech Community College's Adult Literacy program.

Midwest Farmers Coop will merge with the Albert City, Iowa, based Alceco. Ballots counted Friday afternoon at Midwest's Sheldon elevator showed 83 percent of the 998 members who returned ballots approved the ...

Midwest Farmers Coop of Sheldon plans to merge with Albert City-based Alceco. After casting ballots, Midwest's Sheldon elevator showed 83% of the 998 members who returned ballots approved the merger.

Pat Engel chuckles as he talks about the Model T Ford touring car he drove in high school in 1948-50. Did he get all the cool girls by driving that car? "In the winter, they were cold girls," he replied.

VeraSun Energy says a new ethanol biorefinery in eastern Iowa will produce 110 million gallons of ethanol per year.

VeraSun opens Dyersville ethanol plant VeraSun Energy of Brookings, S.D., said Friday that its new 110 million-gallon ethanol plant near Dyersville had begun operations.

Hundreds of cooperative patrons attended meetings August 25 on the proposed Midwest Farmers Cooperative merger with Alceco, the company that includes local grain elevators in Albert City, Alta and Fonda.

Take Grandpa's barn, an 8' by 8' slab of plywood and mix in the can do spirit of an Iowa 4-H youth and you've got yourself a tourist attraction.

AROUND IOWA Texas oil and gas man T. Boone Pickens will hold a town hall meeting at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Le Mars Convention Center.

A trip back in time just takes two hours on the road to Albert City, IA. In an era of tractors with GPS and precision planted fields take a walk down Threshermen Days, and join these folks there taking a step ...

Agricultural enthusiasts will have an opportunity to explore local history at the 38th annual Threshermen and Collectors Show Friday through Sunday at a site on Buena Vista County Road M-54 two miles west and ...