STILLWATER, Minnesota (WGBA) -- A Wisconsin farmer has taken the top prize in a global pumpkin competition. Fond du Lac farmer Jim Ford won the giant pumpkin weigh-off this weekend at the Stillwater ...

Melvin James, the man known for breaking and training thoroughbred standout Affirmed, horse racing Triple Crown winner, has died. James died at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville on Oct. 6. He ...

The rescue of the Lipizzaner horses in 1945 was one of the strangest operations of World War II with U S soldiers, German army POWs, freed Allied POWs and Cossack cavalry fighting side by side against ...

James Arnold (Jim) Suiter passed away, October 3, 2025, at the age of 89. Jim was a big presence and did not know a stranger. He loved to talk. He was friendly, funny, caring, kind and giving. Family ...

There are many expectations at Stable Recovery, a drug and alcohol rehab program based at Taylor Made Farm, the world's largest seller of thoroughbred horses. Residents are up by 5 a.m., ready to work ...

The Will County Board voted 17-2 in favor of the Second Story Foundation opening a rural retreat on a 68-acre horse farm in Crete Township to help men who are recovering from alcohol or drug abuse.

PLYMOUTH – Sundance Farm is set to host its annual Horse Trials from Sept. 26-28 in Plymouth. The event, now in its 12th year, will feature riders from across the Midwest, including Illinois, ...

Democratic candidate for Senate Hallie Shoffner talked to 40/29's Yuna Lee on 40/29 On the Record. Watch the full interview in the video player above.Shoffner is a sixth-generation farmer from ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today issued a draft rule regarding the potential reallocation of recently granted Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) refinery exemptions (SREs) from years ...

There’s a new belle of the ball in northeastern Colorado Springs. “Belle” is the recently erected 5,000-pound steel sculpture of a Percheron draft horse by world-renowned Scottish sculptor Andy Scott.

Dave Heisler got an unexpected early-morning call from his Dunbarton neighbor: four of his horses had broken loose and wandered onto the neighbor’s property, less than a quarter mile away. After ...

LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — LaPorte County is hosting one of the biggest draft horse shows in the state. Starting on Thursday, the 24th Annual LaPorte County Draft Horse Show will have horses like ...