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Gov. Reynolds to send Iowa Law Enforcement Officers to aid border security efforts

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds listens to apprentices talk about their experiences in their apprenticeship program.

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 […]

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report June 14 – 20, 2021

Iowa Department of Agriculture

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 […]

IOWA NATIONAL GUARD ANNOUNCES RETURN OF SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Iowa National Guard

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 […]

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report June 7 – 13, 2021

Iowa Department of Agriculture

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 […]

Xavior Harrelson Reward Fund

Xavior Harrelson

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 […]

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report May 31 – June 6, 2021

Iowa Department of Agriculture

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 […]

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report May 24 – 30, 2021

Iowa Department of Agriculture

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. […]

Online learning has big challenges for kids on autism spectrum

Kaitlin Lang / Special for IowaWatch Will Clark, 5, plays outside at his Oxford, Iowa, home. Will, a preschool student, who is among several children on the autism spectrum, had difficulty adapting to online learning during the COVID pandemic.

by Page Koch, Brooklyn Draisey and Maddy Dawczak / For IowaWatch Will Clark ran about his home, munching on chicken nuggets while watching the movie “The Nut Job.” The 5-year-old acted out the movie scene-for-scene, shrieking when something exciting happened on the screen and mimicking dialogue the best he could. His mother, Stephanie Glass, watched […]

Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report May 17 – 23, 2021

Iowa Department of Agriculture

DES MOINES, Iowa (May 24, 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. “A notable shift in the weather brought warmer and wetter conditions across much of Iowa […]

Secretary Naig Applauds Beginning Farmer Program Expansion

Iowa Department of Agriculture

DES MOINES, Iowa (May 19, 2021) – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig applauded the Legislature’s passage of Senate File 619, which includes an expansion of eligibility for the Beginning Farmer Tax Credit program. “We should be doing all we can to reduce financial barriers and help young Iowans start a career in agriculture; the […]

           

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