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Worth County supervisors adopt 2026 noxious-weed control order
Summary
The Worth County Board of Supervisors voted June 2 to adopt a resolution ordering landowners to cut or otherwise destroy noxious weeds for the 2026 crop year, directing county enforcement on roadsides and authorizing publication of the notice under Chapter 317 of the Code of Iowa.
The Worth County Board of Supervisors on June 2 adopted a resolution requiring owners and persons in control of land in Worth County to cut, burn or otherwise destroy noxious weeds so they do not bloom or reach maturity during the 2026 crop year, citing Chapter 317 of the Code of Iowa. The measure passed by roll call vote with Supervisors Mark Smeby, A.J. Stone and Chair Enos Loberg recorded as voting in the affirmative.
The resolution lists primary and secondary noxious weeds the county will target, naming examples including quack grass, bull thistle, Canada thistle, palmer amaranth and others among the primary list, and several annuals and perennials on the secondary list. It directs that weeds on county trunk and local county roads and the strips between fence lines will be taken care of by the county and authorizes the Weed Commissioner to carry out the order and to have work done if landowners fail to comply; the expense may be assessed against the real estate.
County Weed Commissioner Mike Bode is listed in the resolution as the contact for publishing notice and carrying out enforcement; the resolution instructs the county auditor to publish notice of the order in the county’s official newspapers by request of the Weed Commissioner. The county auditor is recorded in the minutes as Jacki A. Backhaus.
The resolution describes civil enforcement and cost-assessment procedures rather than criminal penalties: if landowners do not comply, the Weed Commissioner may cause the work to be done and assess the expense, including service costs and other related expenses, against the property.
The board’s action implements the annual county-level weed-control directive for the 2026 crop year; the minutes list the statutory authority cited in the resolution as Chapter 317 of the Code of Iowa. The resolution text in the minutes includes a notation that differs from the motion’s numbering; the minutes elsewhere refer to the action as a 2026 crop-year order (the resolution number listed in one line of the printed minutes is inconsistent), and the county auditor’s office is recorded as responsible for publication following the Weed Commissioner’s request.
