DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented 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.“Planters are beginning to roll […]

BOONE, Iowa—Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity has announced the ground breaking for the next home build. The public is invited to attend the ground breaking ceremony for Brett and Daniele Schmidt’s new home at 1115 College St in Boone.As with all Habitat for Humanity partner families, the Schmidt’s will pay for their home through […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Attorney Matt Speers’ office releases weekly summaries of cases handled by the County Attorney’s office. This week includes sentencing of a Boone man on Felony Sex Offense charges. The report is made available on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Community Foundation Board has awarded $169,388 to 30 local organizations.  These grant funds are anticipated to leverage another $6,111,283 in total project spending. Nearly 50 people attended the event at the Grand Community Center in Boxholm.The 30 grant recipients were announced on April 10.  “We received 39 grant applications requesting $288,885.  Our wishes are to grow the endowment resources […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The U.S. Drought Monitor Map this week showed some slight improvement in drought conditions in Iowa. The changes was only a couple of percentage points with Moderate Drought conditions dropping from 33.6% a week ago to 29.3% this week. The majority of the state is covered by Abnormally Dry conditions, which includes Boone […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Boone Fire Department responded to a house fire this morning and have made available information on the fire and associated photos.At approximately 8:15am today the Boone Fire Department was dispatched to 312 10th St. in Boone for a building fire. Chief 8-60 and Engine 8-65 responded, arriving 3 minutes after the dispatch finding heavy […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the weekly furl report and the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 6 cents, averaging $3.07 across Iowa according to AAA.Crude Oil SummaryThe price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $14.07 per barrel over last […]