Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In her work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cindy Axne has seen the impact of investing in rural communities. That impact ...

The U.S. Ag Department’s Rural Development Agency has approved grants for several Iowa projects, including one in Sioux ...

Iowa State University, alongside cooperatives and businesses throughout Iowa, have received federal funding to support ...

HRSA dedicate 135M to expand rural nutrition services and fund residency programs addressing workforce shortages in ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration April 7 announced it will provide more than $135 million in funding to support nutrition and rural health workforce initiatives.

(Iowa Capital Dispatch) - pass-through to local utilities to benefit community businesses and emergency services. Iowa’s Rural Development Deputy State Director Henry Kummerer announced the grants ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...