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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 (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 ...

Wildcat Bluff Recreation Area in Benton County, a county park known for its camping, hiking and renowned disc golf course, is doubling in size after two years of collaborative work by Benton County ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) -The Iowa State Patrol says a head-on crash killed one person and hurt another in Benton County. It happened just before four on Friday afternoon on Highway 150 near Urbana.