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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 […]

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Boone County Attorney’s Office Weekly Court Summary Released

Posted on 19 April 2024

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Attorney Matt Speers office has released the weekly summary of cases handled by the office in the past week. A jury trial on assault charges took up some time for the office. A guilty verdict was returned against a 20 year old Boone man. Details are made available on the Boone County […] Continue Reading

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Slight Improvement for Some of the State in Weekly Drought Monitor Report

Posted on 19 April 2024

BOONE, Iowa—The weekly drought monitor report this week did show some improvement in portions of the state, but locally, no significant change was found. Boone County and several neighboring counties continue to be listed as suffering from moderate drought conditions. This does not include any of the rain that fell this week, which could impact […] Continue Reading

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Coaches Corner for April 19th: Nic Mishler, DMACC Baseball

Posted on 19 April 2024

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Boone County Road Department Plans Bridge Work Next Week

Posted on 19 April 2024

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Road Department is planning to work on the Des Moines River Bridge on Boone County Road E-57 next week. The announcement for the County Engineer expects work to begin Monday and be completed by Friday, weather permitting: Boone County, Iowa-April 22, 2024- Road work on the bridge deck for E-57 bridge […] Continue Reading

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Daisy Brand to Invest $626.5 Million in Iowa Expansion

Posted on 19 April 2024

BOONE, Iowa—Governor Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) announced today the approval of an incentives package that will bring a new state-of-the-art production facility to Boone, Iowa. The approved state funding followed recent approval from the city of Boone. “This project will be immensely beneficial to not only the city of Boone, but […] Continue Reading

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