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DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today 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. “Over the past week, Iowa saw mostly warmer and drier conditions, allowing harvest to continue across the state,” said Secretary […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Sheriff Gregg Elsberry said today that the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation has been called in to assist his department with a death investigation.  Elsberry says his department learned that a Boone County farmer had discovered the body of a deceased male in his field Sunday morning.  Boone County Detectives Andy Godzicki […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 64 year old Larry Ackerman of Boone, Iowa and formerly of Des Moines, Iowa.  Larry passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at his home.  A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the Schroeder-Reimers Memorial Chapel, Sixth and Marshall Streets, Boone, Iowa on Tuesday, […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—– A Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) will open at noon in Ames on Tuesday, September 29, to give survivors from the August 10 severe storm options to submit documents for their disaster assistance application. The DRC will be open for a limited time and is staffed with FEMA personnel who can scan documents […]

On Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health identified 804 new cases of COVID-19, a decrease from the 992 positive coronavirus tests reported 24 hours earlier.  Iowa has had over 86,000 cases of COVID-19 and 1,315 Iowans have died from coronavirus:  eight on Saturday, including someone from Polk County, and four in Sunday’s update.  Since […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service Office in Des Moines has released this week’s updated drought information.  Severe drought conditions continue in west central Iowa and also in northwest Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa—Governor Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The proclamation extends the closure of bars, taverns, wineries, breweries, distilleries, night clubs in Johnson and Story counties for an additional week, until 11:59 p.m. on October 4, 2020. They may continue to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises. […]

AMES, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for Nancy Jane (Hespen) Reilly, 66, of Ames, Iowa.  She passed away from complications of primary progressive aphasia on September 22, 2020. Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 28, 2020 at the Adams Funeral Home, 502 Douglas Avenue, Ames. Mass of Christian Burial will […]