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 […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, September 23rd, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize the New Sharon Disaster Team. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a group of good Samaritans who recently brought Iowa nice to Louisiana. Earlier this month, the New Sharon Fire Department of Mahaska […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 20, 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. “It’s National Farm Safety and Health Week, which is a great opportunity to remind Iowans […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent in August, down from 5.3 percent one year ago. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent in August. “Iowa’s economy remains resilient despite ongoing ripples from COVID-19,” said Beth Townsend, Director of Iowa Workforce Development. The number of unemployed Iowans increased […]
DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues through October 17, 2021. The proclamation allows vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage and stover to be overweight (not exceeding 90,000 pounds gross weight) without a permit for […]
