News and Press
VT Industries buys Indiana wood door maker
VT Industries of Holstein, Iowa, has acquired an Indiana-based manufacturer of fine wood products.
Ida County Rural Development Podcast
USDA Rural Development worked in concert with Ida County Economic Development Corp to build energy plants and derive livestock feed for local cattle feeders.
Invenergy Eyes Southern Ida County for Wind Farm
A major wind farm project may start to appear on the horizon in southern Ida County as early as next spring, if proposed plans continue to move forward.
Breakthrough in $1.8m fund drive for area school
The GH Foundation has passed the halfway point this week in its fund drive to build a $1.8 million, 300-seat Performing Arts Center at the Galva-Holstein school.
USDA loans $10 million for Galva biodiesel plant
Maple River Energy LLC, a proposed biodiesel plant in Galva, has received a $10 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development agency.
Galva Ethanol Plant is Featured in U.S. News and World Report
Galva, Iowa-This farming town of fewer than 400 people might be most memorable for what it doesn't have: a Wal-Mart, a high school, even a stoplight. But humble Galva and its environs have two things in abundance: corn and, by extension, hope.