DES MOINES, Iowa, June 30 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * DES MOINES, Iowa (June 30, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1 -- Iowa Workforce Development issued the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Iowans' Unemployment Benefits to Increase Starting July 6 DES MOINES, IOWA - Iowa Workforce Development, as part of its required annual review of unemployment insurance (UI) wages, announced that the maximum weekly benefit for unemployed Iowans will increase effective the benefit week of July 6, 2025. Per Iowa law, IWD uses a formula each year to determine the maximum and minimum   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 30 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Open house to discuss Heritage Hills Wildlife Area forest wildlife stewardship plan * The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public open house on July 16, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Heritage Hills Wildlife Area, five miles northeast of Lorimor, to present a brief overview of the history of the area, and to discuss a proposed forest wildlife stewardship plan for Herit  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1 (TNSrpt) -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * New Trump Administration data: Iowa still 49th in economic growth, state economy continued to contract in Q1 2025 State GDP shrank 6.1% on inflation-adjusted basis * DES MOINES - The Bureau of Economic Analysis' quarterly state GDP numbers showed Iowa's economy shrank substantially in the first quarter. In March, data showed Iowa was only one of two states to have its economy contract in 2024. Wa  more