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. “While spotty thunderstorms brought much needed rainfall to parts of the western Iowa drought region, other areas were not as […]

On Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health identified 544 new cases of COVID-19, an increase from the 463 positive coronavirus tests reported twenty-four hours earlier.  Iowa has surpassed 45,000 cases of COVID-19 and 874 Iowans have died of coronavirus:  7 on Saturday, with one in Polk County, and 2 in Sunday’s update.  Since 5:00 […]

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 88 year old Dorothy Louise (Pike) Garland of Boone, Iowa.  She passed away on Friday, July 31, 2020 at her home in Boone, Iowa.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Boone, Iowa on Monday, August 3, 2020 at […]