DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today reminded farmers and landowners who planted cover crops this past fall to apply for the state’s Crop Insurance Discount Program ahead of the Friday, January 26 deadline. Eligible Iowans can receive a $5 per acre discount on spring crop insurance premiums.  To sign-up, visit Apply.CleanWaterIowa.org. “Iowa farmers and […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The weekly drought monitor map shows some improvement in conditions across the State of Iowa. But, it doesn’t show any improvement locally in Boone County. The U.S. Drought Monitor map was released Tuesday and made available through the National Weather Service Thursday. There was a significant decline in Extreme Drought in Southeast Iowa. […]

GRIMES, Iowa—Black Hills Energy is tracking another cold front set to bring freezing temperatures to Iowa. With colder weather comes higher energy demand, which will lead to higher utility bills for customers.  “When temperatures drop and customers are stuck at home for several days like we’ve witnessed this past week, energy use can increase and […]

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LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DMACC over Marshalltown 75-50 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DMACC over Central Nebraska 87-69 LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WRESTLING Boone hosting Boone Invitational HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLING Boone and Winterset at North Polk Ogden and Iowa Valley at Colfax Mingo

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BOONE, Iowa—Mike Wendel, Museum Director at the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum, is kicking off the 2024 series of Railroad Programs. The first one will be Saturday afternoon. Eric Fogg, Ex-Frisco brakeman and long-time rail fan, will present a free program called The Iowa Traction Railway Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the James H. Andrew Railroad […]

BOONE, Iowa—Iowa has been on the rise in human trafficking! Our stats come from Iowa state detectives, directors of safe houses, as well as our legislators. Team Iowa has made educating the masses a priority initiative to combat human trafficking by raising awareness and breaking the naïve mold we tend to have as Iowans. With […]