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. “The long stretch of hot days finally ended late last week as a shift in the weather pattern moderated temperatures over […]

BOONE, Iowa—George D. Pestotnik, age 83, of Boone, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the Boone County Hospital in Boone. Visitation will be from 9:30 until 10:30 A.M. Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Central Christian Church, 803 Greene Street, Boone. Funeral service will be held 10:30 A.M. Thursday, July 7, 2022, at Central Christian […]

BOONE, Iowa—Donald Lawrence Shaw, 96, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and brother passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 14, 2022. A ‘Celebration of Life’ will be held at Augustana Lutheran Church on Saturday, July 2nd, at 2:00 pm, officiated by Pastor Dan Solomon. Immediately following the service, Don will be laid to rest with […]

AMES, Iowa—Two new Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forestry publications are available for free on the Iowa State Extension Store. The releases highlight the results of research done at Walnut Creek watershed in central Iowa and discuss the mechanics and implications of sediment erosion in streams and rivers.The releases were written by Billy Beck, […]

BOONE, Iowa—Belva A. Vest, 89, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. A funeral service for Belva will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at Carson-Stapp Funeral Home in Ogden, Iowa. Private family burial will be held at Renner Cemetery, near […]

OGDEN, Iowa—Leo W. Ray, 75, of Ogden, Iowa, passed away suddenly on Friday, June 24, 2022, in Ogden, Iowa. Funeral services for Leo will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at Community United Methodist Church in Ogden. Pastor James Buckhahn will officiate. Burial will follow at Pilot Mound Cemetery. Visitation will […]

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NEVADA, Iowa—The Center for Rural Affairs will bring together a panel of speakers to discuss the part renewable energy generation can play in building a resilient, sustainable future for Iowa’s electrical grid. The webinar “Rural Energy Forum: Building Distributed Generation in Iowa” is set for July 12, from 10 to 11 a.m. “Iowa is undergoing […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Attorney Matthew Speers has his office release a weekly summary of cases they’ve handled in Boone County Court’s. The information is available on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page.