RIPPEY, Iowa—Rippey native and Boone County farmer David Weaver announced his candidacy for State Representative to serve Iowa House District 47, which includes most of Greene and Boone Counties. The seat is currently held by Republican Chip Baltimore. “I’m incredibly proud to have been born and raised in Iowa and I’m running for the Iowa […]

BOONE, Iowa—The staff of the Department of Natural Resources at the Ledges State Park will host their annual public meeting on this evening at the Boone City Hall Auditorium, 923 8th Street, Boone, Iowa.  Doors will open at 6:00 PM and the presentation will start at 6:30 PM. The presentation will focus on communicating a better […]

BOONE, Iowa—An early morning fire has destroyed a structure that had been converted into a duplex.  The converted commercial structure is located just north of US Highway 30, at “W” Avenue in eastern Boone County.  The address, the 2200 block of 229th Place is located in the Kelly Fire District and both Boone and Gilbert […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DMACC over Iowa Lakes 57-55   MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Iowa Lakes over #10 DMACC 96-90     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Boone vs Ballard and Winterset at Winterset Ogden vs Gilbert, Nevada and South Hamilton at Gilbert   HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIMMING Grinnell […]

Boone Police have charges pending in a stabbing incident that occurred Tuesday in Boone.  In a press release for the Boone Police Department, additional information was released.  According to the release, on January 16th, 2018 at approximately 5:56 pm, Boone Police Officers were called to the Boone County Law Enforcement Center. There, Officers met with […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Police have charges pending in a stabbing incident that occurred Tuesday in Boone.  In a press release for the Boone Police Department, additional information was released.  According to the release, on January 16th, 2018 at approximately 5:56 pm, Boone Police Officers were called to the Boone County Law Enforcement Center. There, Officers met […]

Tuesday evening, January 16th, the Boone City Council held a public budget meeting.  You can find complete details on the vote and the meeting at https://www.kwbg.com/2018/01/17/council-votes-on-budget.