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OGDEN, Iowa—Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity officially broke ground on it’s next full home build in Ogden on Sunday afternoon. The project is the 32nd full build since Habitat started and is the fifth home to be constructed in Ogden, thanks to a contribution of a building lot from Zion Lutheran Church. The partner […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Ledges State Park Manager Andy Bartlett noted in a recent press release that since August of 2023, chainsaw crews from Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa, volunteers, and park staff have contributed hundreds of hours of work removing invasive shrubs from natural areas around the park. Over 40 acres of the woody invaders have been cut, […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Outdoor Piano is back downtown after extensive work by Chuck Behm. The piano is nothing like the original and has been weather proofed as much as possible. The piano was moved to the Book Shoppe at 817 Story Street to start the season.

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BOONE, Iowa—Drought conditions did not improve in the past week in the State of Iowa and locally in Boone County, conditions remained unchanged with the entire county considered to be in Severe Drought. Overall, the entire state now had nearly 85% in some form of drought with the largest increase in the past week in […]

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1st Team Brody Buck (JR) Madrid 17.3ppg 5.2rpg 2.7apg 37.5% 3pt Toryn Severson (JR) Madrid 22.6ppg 5.6rpg 2.4apg 39.1% 3pt Fabian Ortiz-Alaniz (JR) Madrid 15.4ppg 6.5apg 1.8spg 41.5% 3pt Carson Van Sickle (SR) Ogden 15.2ppg 4.6rpg 3.4apg 2.5spg Tyson Shivers (JR) Boone 8.4ppg 10.4rpg 1.5bpg 58.9% FG 2nd Team Wes Van Pelt (JR) Boone 10.5ppg […]

Coaches Corner

Coaches Corner for April 18th: Shawn Latimer, Boone Girls Tennis

Posted on 18 April 2024

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Julie Trepa, Superintendent, Boone Community School District talks about matters from Monday’s Boone School Board Meeting, including the adoption of the certified budget, information received on the district’s facilities assessment and several approvals for out of state travel. She also talked about how the district handled the Tornado Warning that was issued on Tuesday. Aired Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Posted on 18 April 2024

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Local Sports

KWBG Local Sports for April 18th

Posted on 18 April 2024

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY COLLEGE SOFTBALL DMACC over Ellsworth 17-0 and 7-4 COLLEGE BASEBALL Northeast NE over DMACC 5-4 LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS Boone at Dallas Center Grimes HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS TRACK Boone at Carroll Coed Ogden at Winterset Coed HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK Madrid at Roland Story Invite HIGH SCHOOL […] Continue Reading

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Weekly Fuel Report

Posted on 17 April 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the Weekly Fuel Summary for the state and the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 1 cent, averaging $3.32 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by […] Continue Reading

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