DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is charged with tracking fuel prices and has once again reported the average price of gasoline in Iowa fell 4 cents this week, currently at $1.50 per gallon. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Today, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 107 additional positive cases for a total of 3,748 positive cases. There have been an additional 522 negative tests for a total of 24,496 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. According […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has issued its first round of hemp licenses and seed permits for the 2020 growing season. To date, 11 hemp licenses and 38 seed permits specific to hemp have been approved since it became legal to […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI), St. Louis Field Office, are warning taxpayers to be on the lookout for scam artists trying to use the COVID-19 economic impact payments as cover for schemes to steal personal information and money. United States Attorney […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Community Endowment Board has awarded $153,235 to 31 local organizations.  These grants funds are anticipated to leverage another $16,908,494 in total project spending. The 31 grant recipients were announced on April 21.  “We received 35 grant applications requesting $254,189.  We wish that we had more resources at the Endowment because we […]

BOONE, Iowa—Last week, Iowa Workforce Development released the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the month of March which was 3.7 percent.  A year ago, the rate was 2.7 percent.  Director Beth Townsend said the March rate reflects the very beginning of the impact of the public health emergency restrictions. Individual county statistics have now […]

Jo Hull Erb (Jo Erb Photography) did her part to raise donations for IMPACT and the Toreador Food Pantry by offering Front Porch photos.  People who took part were asked to make a monetary donation with $360 raised.  The money was used to purchase canned food from Fareway and delivered to the organizations.

We’re on Game 3 of the Cubs and Dodgers.  Tonight’s game was actually played on October 18, 2016, but it airsat 5 today on KWBG .  Cubs and Dodgers are tied at one each.  Jake Arrieta has the pitching duties for the Cubs.