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Iowa museum features fun and education for families July 20, 2011 – Cindy Ladage – Heartland Acres is a fun place to take the kids, that adults will enjoy as well. This museum in Independence, Iowa, provides hands-on displays, educational programs and new and changing displays of antique farm equipment, automobiles from the past and […]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey visited Heartland Acres Agribition Center July 29, 2011. The Secretary of Agriculture was visiting Northeast Iowa and made time to stop in for a tour of the Heartland Acres Campus. The tour of the agriculture based museum included discussions with Secretary Northey about the importance of agriculture to the […]

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) hosted their annual Golden Silo Awards Luncheon, Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Regional partners gathered at the Sky Event Centre in Waterloo, IA to honor this year’s “People’s Choice” – Site of the Year – Heartland Acres Agribition Center. The Partner Site was been voted for by the public […]

Leanne Harrison – program manager for Heartland Acres Agribiton Center in Independence, IA recently hosted a class of international students from Upper Iowa University in Fayette, IA as part of their English class. The students came from South America, Mongolia, China, Japan and Eastern Europe. The students were given the opportunity to take a break […]

“Visitors to Heartland Acres Agribiton Center in Independence, IA have helped make us Attraction of the Year” stated Leanne Harrison – Program Manger. “We have been working hard since we first opened our doors for business in May of 2007 to build Heartland Acres into a great destination and attraction for Independence and all of […]