Deer invade my garden, they carelessly cross the gravel road in front of my pickup, and early this spring I saw a particularly bold doe peering in our kitchen window. Now, it's fair to call the collection a herd, several dozen deer repelled by rifle hunting elsewhere in the neighborhood and attracted by a succulent crop of alfalfa and oats in the fields around my house. And they haven't moved, despite my removal of a doe during the September archery season and another on opening day of the...

Email Story Print Story News FFA: More than meats the eye By Cynthia Beaudette of the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa Last week, Muscatine High School students Zac Pace and Kevin Guck collaborated on a plan to sell seed corn to an alfalfa farmer while their classmates learned about safe food preparation practices. Email Story Print Story News FFA: More than meats the eye By Cynthia Beaudette of the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa Last week, Muscatine High School students Zac Pace and...

The furry critters, best known for their roles in research and testing, often are bought from pet stores by well-intentioned parents looking for a way to teach kids responsibility. Some believe their stout body resembles that of a pig; Others believe the name comes from the squeals the animals make when there are happy or hungry. Too often, though, the guinea pig is more likely to end up neglected rather than treated as a member, albeit rodent member, of the family. A guinea pig will learn...

I think the mom kicked it out of the nest and proceeded to try to kill it because maybe it wasn't eating properly and she knew it was going to die. Zuidema's 12-year-old neighbor, Sarah Sumroo, was drawing fingerprint patterns in the dirt when she heard a commotion. The squirrel fell out and a big squirrel came out of the tree and landed right on top of it. Besides warm milk feedings, Bubbles is treated to "nut balls" a hand-made blend of calcium, vitamins, alfalfa, yeast, cod liver oil...

But, game officials, in the nation and state, made efforts to protect and encourage the breeding of the surviving wild population. Sale of the turkey stamp currently brings in over $500,000 annually for developing, managing, conserving, restoring and maintaining the wild turkey population within the state. No, we're not talking about the winter weather that often starts in November, or the fact the baseball season is over. We're talking about the bird that has served as the traditional...