Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 8th of August.
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🎭 Culture
Duke, a 4-year-old boar weighing 1,268 pounds, won the Iowa State Fair Big Boar contest yesterday as pork producer Bryan Britt repeated past wins—he named the animal after Winterset native John Wayne.
Abby Wilson’s ram Judah weighed 505 pounds to earn the Big Ram title, and the Super Bull contest will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pioneer Livestock Pavilion.
🌲 Environment
Jennifer Terry and her team presented the Central Iowa Source Water Research Assessment report at Drake University on Monday with help from the Harkin Institute, focusing on rising nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers.
The report shows that most nitrate comes from agricultural land and forced a lawn-watering ban, and it also highlighted issues such as fish kills, pesticides, and changes in river water quality—details released in Polk County’s summary 'Currents of Change.'
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