AMES, Iowa – June 13, 2023 – Join the Iowa Department of Transportation for a virtual or an in-person public information meeting to share your input on a proposed project to improve safety at intersections on U.S. 30 from Montana Road in Boone County to Y Avenue in Story County.   In-person meeting: When: Tuesday, […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Funeral services for Dennis Hostetler, 74, of Boone, Iowa, will be at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at Schroeder-Stark-Welin Funeral Home, with Reverend Adam Gordon officiating. Visitation with the family present to greet friends will be before the service from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Burial will be at a later date. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Engineer Jonathan Bullock has announced that the Union Pacific Rail Road crossings at Quartz Avenue and R Avenue will be permanently closed starting Thursday, June 15th. Temporary road closures will be installed in the interim until the Contractor has removed the approaches and at grade crossings. Once crossings are removed, permanent closure […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. “While below average precipitation […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the Safe American Food Exports (SAFE) Act, which would codify USDA’s role in negotiating regionalization agreements that allow livestock, poultry, and other animal products from unaffected areas of the country to continue to be safely exported in the event of an animal disease outbreak. […]

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OGDEN, Iowa—Farmers and ag service providers will have the opportunity to meet and discussconcerns about tar spot, a new disease affecting corn fields, at a program on June 28th. Join IowaState University Extension and Outreach field agronomist Meaghan Anderson at Kacy Frantum’sfarm at 1674 J Ave., Ogden, Iowa, approximately ¼ mile north of E57 on […]