WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—Hy-Vee, Inc. announces today that all store and distribution center employees throughout its eight-state region are now required to wear masks or other facial coverings while at work in response to the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Hy-Vee provided masks to all employees over the past several weeks. Effective today, wearing a mask […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Farmers across Iowa have taken advantage of the warmer weather and widespread dry conditions over the past week,” said Secretary Naig. “The […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service Office in Des Moines has provided some updated information on the potential for Tuesday’s expected thunderstorm activity.  Some storms could be strong according to the provided information.                                             […]

The Boone County Hospital Foundation has announced they will be offering the monthly Education and Empowering U program online on Monday, May 6th, at noon.  The guest speaker in May will be Andy Bartlett with the DNR.  Andy’s topic is state parks and how they are a benefit to our health.  Web connection directions are:  […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced a new “Pass the Pork” program to connect Iowa pig farmers with food insecure Iowans. The program is an initiative of Gov. Reynolds’ Feeding Iowans Task Force led by Lt. Gov. Gregg. Through “Pass the Pork,” Iowa […]

JOHNSTON, IA – Governor Reynolds’ daily briefing will be held at 11:30 today, Monday, April 27, 2020

As we go to Game 5 of the 2016 NLCS, it’s all tied up.  Broadcast time today is 5pm, but the game was played on October 20, 2016.  Pitchers Jon Lester and Joe Blanton get the nod to start Game 5.  

On Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health identified 384 new cases of coronavirus in our state, down significantly from the 648 COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday.  Iowa has now had 5,476 cases of coronavirus which have caused 118 deaths.  Six of those occurred in the last twenty-four hours:  one each in Black Hawk, Linn, […]