If you’ve driven around the farmlands of the US, you might have noticed Amish or Mennonite farmers running tractors and other farm machines fitted with large steel wheels. Religious rules are behind ...

OSAGE, Iowa - Do white marks on the highway caused by a steel-wheel tractor constitute damage? John Ray Nolt, 30, of Alta Vista, who was charged with violating Iowa Code Section 321.442, which forbids ...

If you didn’t get enough old farm machinery during Orange Spectacular this past weekend, you’ll be happy to know the 40th annual Heatwole Thresher Show is coming to McLeod County. The popular event, ...

LEWISBURG — An Old Order Mennonite man said Thursday night that those of his brethren who use steel-wheel tractors on public roads try to limit damage to the road surface by using modern tires, which ...

Mitchell County Attorney Mark Walk took it one step further: He said current use of tractors with steel wheels is actually being used as a form of transportation and not for farming. "The (Groffdale) ...

If you want to join the Willamette Valley Tractor Collectors, it helps to have rust in your veins. But if all you want to do is see what the loosely knit organization is all about, visit the Cascade ...

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) - A magistrate has ruled a revised ordinance limiting the use of steel wheels on Mitchell County’s paved roads still violates the religious freedom of Mennonites. Mitchell County ...

The Case-Trackson Model CD with tracks pulls a scraper to excavate for a subdivision in 1930. A Tarkington Township crew pulls a road drag behind a Case steel-wheel tractor in Sangamon County, Ill., ...