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DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship have released the Weekly Fuel report and once again,  the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 5 cents, averaging $2.85 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil rose this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $3.73 […]

BOONE, Iowa—Nearly half the votes cast in the General Election in Boone County Tuesday were absentee ballots, just over 7,000. The Auditor’s Office had a team start working on tabulating those ballots Tuesday morning and they were finally able to get done right before 10:00 p.m. Total voter turn out was just over 76% which […]

BOONE, Iowa—The apparent winner and new Representative for House District 48 will be Chad Behn. Behn picked up 9,122 votes on Tuesday and leads Penny Vossler who had 5,530 votes. A portion of Story County remains to be tabulated. The results are unofficial until canvased by the Boone County Supervisors next week. Behn will replace […]

BOONE, Iowa—State Senator Jesse Green picked 9,171 votes in Boone County Tuesday in his effort to return for another term in the Iowa Senate. Challenger Margaret Liston received 5,557 votes. Senate District 24 also includes Green and Guthrie Counties and portions of Dallas and Story Counties.

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County voters have decided to return Erich Kretzinger to the Boone County Board of Supervisors. Kretzinger collected 8,076 votes in the unofficial returns released Tuesday evening. He was followed by Scott Longhorn who picked up 6,922 votes. Brian Reimers finished third with 6,823 votes. Results are unofficial until canvased by the Boone County […]

BOONE, Iowa—Unofficial elections results from Tuesday’s General Election show that Boone residents did not support a proposed bond issue that would have provided a portion of the funding for a recreational complex. There were 3,294 No votes and 3,071 Yes votes. The bond issue would have have required a 60% majority.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council voted 5-1 to extend open burning in the community until November 27th. Under the current ordinance, open burning during the fall ends on November 15th. Council Members supporting the extension noted the extended Burn Ban that was lifted county-wide last Friday by agreement of all the Fire Chiefs. Then it […]

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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. “After a long stretch […]