BOONE, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Choose Iowa program is expanding to promote a vibrant array of Iowa grown horticultural products, such as Christmas trees, cut flowers, bedding plants, and ornamental trees and shrubs. Secretary Naig made the expansion announcement in conjunction with Iowa Horticulture Week (April 20-26) during a […]
BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School Board formally accepted a donation to the Boone School District’s EDGE program on behalf of Kruck Plumbing and Heating. The contribution was made because of Kruck’s participation in helping get the Boone Area Veterans Center project moving forward. Left to Right, Superintendent Dr. Julie Trepa, Matt Elthon, Dr. Ryan Huffman, Chad […]
BOONE, Iowa—State Auditor Rob Sand paid a visit to the Boone County Courthouse Friday afternoon, specifically to present to Boone County a P.I.E. Award. P.I.E. stands for Public Innovations and Efficiencies, a program that Sand started after he was elected Auditor for the State. It recognizes Iowa’s counties, cities and school districts that implement innovative […]
BOONE, Iowa—Last fall, an inspection of the floating dock near the bait house at Don Williams discovered that a number of the floating sections were no longer safe. At the time, Boone County Safety Officer Tim McGlynn submitted an application to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to replace the unsafe sections. The DNR did […]
BOONE, Iowa—Evan and Emilee Jorgensen moved another step forward Friday with a ground breaking ceremony at their building at 608 Carroll Street. The Jorgensen’s purchased the old YMCA building in December of 23 and have since been working to move forward with their plans to re-open the structure once it’s been rehabilitated. They announced that […]
Posted on 24 April 2025
APRIL 24TH: Lauren Dvorak-Madrid Discus (2:30pm) Taydem Graden-Ogden Long Jump (6pm) APRIL 25TH: Carly Busch-Boone 100m prelim (9:03am) Paige Richards-Madrid 100m prelim (9:03am) APRIL 26TH: Boone Girls 4×100 (9:40am) Ogden Girls 4×100 (9:40am) Madrid Boys 4×100 (10:12am) Continue Reading
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Posted on 24 April 2025
LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY COLLEGE BASEBALL Southeastern over DMACC 13-3 and 13-10 LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS Boone and Decorah at Waverly Shell Rock (CANCELLED) HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS TRACK Boone at Carroll Coed Ogden at Winterset Coed (Postponed to 4-25) Madrid at Martensdale St Mary’s Coed HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS GOLF Ogden and Madrid at WCV Quad Continue Reading
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Posted on 23 April 2025
The Ogden girls’ golf team fell to Gilbert Tuesday, April 22, at Ames. Continue Reading
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Posted on 23 April 2025
The Madrid boys’ track team hosted a meet Tuesday, April 22. Continue Reading
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Posted on 23 April 2025
The Ogden boys track team finished 2nd at the Southeast Valley meet Tuesday, April 22. Continue Reading
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Posted on 23 April 2025
The Ogden girls’ track team won the Southeast Valley meet Tuesday, April 22, at Gowrie. Continue Reading
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