DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 25, 2021) – 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 from April through November. “An active weather pattern returned to Iowa this past week, which brought much needed rainfall […]
Camp Dodge, Johnston, IA – Last month, an Ankeny woman returned from basic training and became the first female enlisted infantry Soldier in the Iowa National Guard. Pfc. Taylor Patterson with Company C, 168th Infantry joined in June 2020 and enlisted infantry. She says her support system at home and her drill sergeants during infantry […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.0 percent in September, down from 4.1 percent in August and 4.7 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 4.8 percent in September. The labor force participation rate remained steady at 66.8 percent. “Iowa’s economy is continuing its steady climb out […]
October 20, 2021 DES MOINES, Iowa – The men and women of the Iowa State Patrol and Department of Public Safety are heartbroken to announce the loss of one of our own, Trooper Ted Benda ISP #313. Trooper Benda, 37, was involved in a single-vehicle crash on Thursday, October 14th while in route to assist […]
Approximately 65 Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City and 132d Wing in Des Moines recently received stateside deployment orders in support of Operation Allies Welcome. Operation Allies Welcome is the ongoing effort to bring Americans home from Afghanistan and bring vulnerable Afghans to the United States and support their resettlement. Airmen […]
A MidAmerican Energy Press Release DES MOINES, Iowa – (October 12, 2021) – MidAmerican Energy is alerting its customers that higher natural gas prices will impact most monthly heating bills during the upcoming winter season. Natural gas market prices have more than doubled from this time last year, as increased global demand coupled with both […]
Lyle Muller / IowaWatch Relaxing with a cup of coffee at Madeline’s in Riverside, Iowa, you could hear Morgan Rodgers chatting with customers one recent August morning. She knew them all. “We just appreciate our customers and the continued support they’ve given us,” Rodgers, an 11-year resident of Riverside, said about the shop she and […]
by Lyle Muller / IowaWatch Amanda Pasket had been running her specialty visuals company from her Elgin home since 2018 but decided that a storefront in the nearby northeast Iowa town of Fayette would be better for business. Fayette had life lines, with financial incentives for new businesses from three sources: a city fund for […]
The Osky XC team was in action tonight at the Knoxville Invitational. The boys finished 7th, while the girls finished 3rd RESULTS “Overall we didn’t have a great night as we had some inconsistent performances across the board. Some ran really well and some were off. We are coming off a tough block of training, […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 27, 2021) – 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 from April through November. “Weather conditions have allowed harvest to get underway in many areas of the state,” said […]
