Three months after the Benton County Board of Supervisors fired all members of the county's Board of Health without explanation, the county has a new Board of Health, ending a sometimes bizarre saga ...

CHILD’S DEATH. THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH ARE TRYING TO FIND THE REASON WHY COUNTY SUPERVISORS ELIMINATED THEIR POSITION. CARNES ALL FIVE RECEIVED LETTERS SAYING THEIR ...

BENTON COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) -- A Benton County woman has received a $250,000 settlement after a video shows that she was touched inappropriately while on the job. The woman works for the Benton County ...

A suspicious death investigation is being conducted in Benton County. Deputies say Jodie Bevans, 58, was found dead in her Palo home during a welfare check on Friday, July 15.According to a release ...

BENTON COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) -- A new case of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been detected in Benton County. The affected site was discovered to be a backyard mixed species flock. This ...

Two months after the Benton County Board of Supervisors abruptly fired all members of the county's Board of Health, the county is wrestling with one of the repercussions of having no local health ...

BENTON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - The United Way of East Central Iowa (UWECI) is working with Benton County’s established Volunteer Program to bring in more support with a United Way Volunteer Center. In a ...

BENTON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Benton County Conservation wants to double the size of a popular park. The Wildcat Bluff Recreation Area is a popular spot for camping, hunting, disc golf and more. Now, ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Benton County, an area which may ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds has praised the Trump Administration for taking quick action to provide federal support in the aftermath of the rare and destructive derecho that hit the state earlier this month.