WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—After the wood fired flames extinguished along the Iowa State Fair’s Grand Concourse, Steve Heaberlin of Warren County was crowned the 2022 Iowa Farm Bureau ‘Cookout Champion’ of the 58th annual cookout contest at the Iowa State Fair.  Heaberlin’s coffee-rubbed smoked beef ribs were voted as the championship-winning dish among dozens of qualifiers […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the weekly fuel report and he price of regular unleaded gasoline continued to drop but at a slower rate. The price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 3 cents, averaging $3.59 across Iowa according to AAA.Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil […]

BOONE, Iowa—Barbara Marie (Bush) Gibbs, 81, of Ogden, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at the Hearthstone Memory Care Unit of the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. Barb was born on August 19, 1940, in the back bedroom of her grandparents’ house in Missouri Valley, Iowa, to Richard Benjamin Bush and Catherine […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Community School District is pleased to announce the names of the new elementary school and multi-purpose building that are under construction. In June, the board of education approved building naming committees as well as the parameters for the recommendation. Since then, the committees have been gathering community input and have brought forward a […]

AMES, Iowa—The drought conditions in parts of Iowa are causing major concerns for both crop and livestock producers. To help address those concerns, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be hosting two free drought meetings. Aug. 23, 12 p.m. – Virtual statewide meeting. To view the virtual meeting, go to https://www.aep.iastate.edu/drought/view. Aug. 24, 1 p.m. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Harold Walter Kinne, 80, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. Harold was born on April 26, 1942, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Walter Franz Kinne and Marie Dora (Nolte) Kinne. He grew up on a family farm near Burnside, Iowa, […]

AMES, Iowa—Iowa State University will hold a set of preview days to introduce its new state-of-the-art off-road vehicle chassis dynamometer, Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 1, from 3-5 p.m. each day. The Off-Highway Vehicle Chassis Dynamometer Laboratory is located at Iowa State’s BioCentury Research Farm west of Ames at 1327 U Ave. The informal open house, planned to […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show set another record, raising more than $440,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa. In 2021, cattle producers and local supporters raised $375,000, the most funds raised in the show’s history. In addition to breaking another show record, we surpassed $5 million raised since 1983. The […]