DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship tracks and releases the weekly fuel report on prices for Iowa. This week, retail gasoline prices in Iowa were up 8 cents with a statewide average of $3.43.Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil rose this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The virus was found in a non-commercial, backyard poultry flock.According to the U.S. Centers for […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Boone County Public Health has forwarded the most recent update from the Iowa Department of Public Health regarding the recent recalls of baby formula. Abbott is recalling one lot of Similac PM 60/40 (Lot # 27032K80 (can) / Lot # 27032K800 (case)) manufactured in Sturgis, Michigan. This is in addition to lots of Similac, Alimentum, and […]

BOONE, Iowa—The proposed reorganization of the Southeast Webster-Grand School District and the Prairie Valley School District has apparently gained voter approval. Boone County residents in the school district did not support the proposal, but it was overwhelmingly supported in Webster County. Unofficial returns in Boone County had voters opposed to the reorganization with 125 no […]

BOONE, Iowa—Voters from the City of Boone easily defeated a proposed bond issue that would have allowed the city to sell up to $10-million in General Obligation Bonds to be used for the construction, improvement and equipping of a wellness and recreation center facility. A 60% majority was needed. there were 1,025 no votes and […]

Boone County Hospital (BCH) is pleased to announce their Wound and Hyperbaric Center (W&HC) is a dual recipient of RestorixHealth’s National Clinical Distinction and Patient Satisfaction Awards. Recipients of these awards meet or exceed national quality benchmarks over a set period of time. “This achievement reaffirms the quality of care the W&HC provides its patients […]

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