Despite the presidential caucus debacle Iowa hosted Feb. 3, the too old; too-white, and too-rural (at least to pundits who drop by every Leap Year) Hawkeye State still finished its awful week with an act of political courage rarely seen in U.S. agriculture today.

SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov.

SPRINGFIELD - Criminal justice reform is high on Democratic Gov.

On the same day U.S. President Donald Trump proposed to cut a student loan forgiveness program in his budget plan, a state senator pushed for Congress to add farming to the list of professions under that program.

PEORIA - A man was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot in the face Saturday in South Peoria, according to police.