The Madrid Tigers got a game winning/buzzer beater to knock off Ogden Tuesday night 79-77 in overtime. The Tigers had the ball at 3/4 court with 3.3 seconds to go when this happened…….     Fuson led the Tigers with 25pts as Madrid improved to 14-7 on the season and 12-6 in the West Central […]

Boone’s Claire Sandvig became the 2nd Boone Girls Basketball player in the 5 on 5 era to score at least 1000 career points with her 19 in Tuesday night’s win over Perry 65-22. Sandvig also went over 800 career rebounds and 300 career blocked shots in the game. Sandvig was 8-8 from the floor and […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Ogden over Madrid 47-41 (Ogden is now 7-14/7-9. Madrid is 10-11/6-10) #6 Boone over Perry 65-22 (Boone’s Claire Sandvig goes over 1000 career points)   HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Madrid over Ogden 79-77 OT (Madrid is 14-7/12-6. Ogden is 8-13/6-12) Boone over Perry 72-68   MEN’S […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council has taken action to officially approve a 28-E agreement with Boone County to participate in the cost of extending the Industrial Park Road (200th Street) when the Iowa Department of Transportation moves ahead with a proposed overpass for Highway 17 east of Boone.  The 28-E agreement is the formal contract […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 82-year old JoAnn Sandholm of Boone, Iowa.  She passed away, Tuesday, February 6, 2018.  the Funeral Service will be held Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 10:30 AM at Augustana Lutheran Church, 309 South Greene Street, Boone, Iowa.  The Reverend Dan Solomon will be officiating. Visitation will be […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Chapter of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) elected Jason Sheffler, D.O., as President-Elect to the Board at the recent annual conference and scientific seminar held in Des Moines.  Dr. Sheffler is a family physician at Boone County Family Medicine South and Boone County Hospital. Dr. Sheffler is a […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council has voted to restore $11,000 to the budget request submitted by the Ericson Public Library for the 2019 Fiscal Year.  On January 16th, the Council voted 4-3 to reduce the Libraries asking by $36,000 and redirect those resources to fund an 18th position for the Boone Police Department. The proposal […]

The snow has created some beautiful scenery this morning.  (Photo courtesy of Marlene Weigel)