DES MOINES – Iowa Workforce Development announced today there will be an increase to the amount of maximum weekly benefits paid to unemployed Iowans and to workers injured on the job beginning July 4, 2021. A statutorily required annual review of wages covered by unemployment insurance has triggered the increase. The average annual wage for […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 28, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented 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 shifted into the Midwest last week bringing several days of widespread […]
The nominating commission met Friday, June 25, 2021, to interview the applicants for the vacancy. Following the interviews, the commission deliberated and selected a slate of three nominees from the group of applicants and delivered the slate to the Governor. The nominees selected are: Judge Gina Badding, Carroll Judge Joel Barrows, Bettendorf Judge Mary Chicchelly, […]
DES MOINES – Today Governor Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa State Patrol officers will be deployed to the U.S. Southern Border to aid law enforcement and border security efforts. The governor is responding to a request from Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). “My first […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 21, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented 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. “Iowans have experienced one of the driest starts to June on record. Timely and beneficial […]
Local bands to perform Thursday evenings June 24-July 15 The Iowa National Guard invites the public to Camp Dodge for the 2021 Summer Concert Series at the historic Camp Dodge Pool Pavilion complex, 7105 NW 70th Ave., Johnston. This concert series is free and open to the public. The Thursday evening concerts begin June 24 […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 14, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented 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. “Unseasonably warm temperatures and limited rainfall led to an increase in drought conditions across the […]
A Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office Press Release June 9th, 2021 – Montezuma Iowa – A reward fund has been established for information in the disappearance of 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson. Local businesses and private citizens have donated money to the fund in the hope that a reward may produce information that leads to the resolution of […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 7, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented 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. “After a relatively cool end to May, above-average temperatures arrived at the end of last […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (June 1, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented 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. “Cooler weather and overcast skies have slowed some corn and soybean growth,” said Secretary Naig. […]
