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. “As we head into […]

HULL, Iowa—Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) released the following statement as the one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill is set to expire today: “Nearly 130 days ago, my Republican colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee and I passed the Farm Bill. This legislation is the result of conversations with our farmers and producers […]

https://www.kwbg.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Susie-Thorngren-Boone-Park-Board-Dead-Tree-Removal-Day-093024.mp3 Herman Park and McHose Park targeted for dead tree removal Thursday.

BOONE, Iowa—The office of Boone County Attorney Matt Speers makes available each week a summary of cases handled by the County Attorney’s Office. This week, cases included violation of the terms of probation and guilty pleas for assault causing injury and assault. The weekly summary is made available on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page.

BOONE, Iowa—Boone High School students Milo Reinhart and Jonathan Aucker have been named semifinalists in the 2025 National Merit® Scholarship Program. Reinhart and Aucker are among 16,000 students nationwide selected as semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship program. More than 1.3 million juniors entered the program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying […]

https://www.kwbg.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Dr-Rollie-Schafer-Nathan-Boone-and-the-Dragoons-092724.mp3 Schafer wears his Dragoon “undress” cap for service in the field.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Historical Society is bringing back it’s Scholar Program with a Sunday presentation by Dr. Rollie Schafer on the Dragoons and in particular Nathan Boone and the Dragoons. The Sunday afternoon presentation begins and 1:00 and is free in the lower level of the History Center. Schafer has been involved in Dragoon […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone City Administrator Bill Skare Wednesday said there are a couple of minor projects needed to complete the Downtown Story Street Project. Skare was on the KWBG “Tuned In” program and said it shouldn’t take long to get these projects completed. One of the first will begin Thursday with a partial closure at 9th […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the weekly fuel report. After several weeks of decline, the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose 7 cents, averaging $3.04 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]

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