BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Farm Bureau will be sponsoring a “Cram the Cab” food drive event during National Agriculture Week, March 18-24, at the Boone Fareway. The goal of this event is to cram a tractor cab with non-perishable food item donations. All donations received will be distributed throughout local food pantries in Boone, Madrid […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Chamber of Commerce held it’s Annual Meeting Tuesday in the Fareway Conference Center on the south side of Boone.  At least 140 members and guests signed up for the program that featured Keynote Speaker, Clayton Anderson, Astronaut-NASA.  Anderson is the first and only astronaut from Nebraska.  He is also a graduate […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Mayor John Slight delivered the Oath of Office to Logan Sturtz during the Boone City Council meeting Monday.  Sturtz was the top candidate on the list established for the department by the Boone Civil Service Commission.  He begins Field Training immediately and will attend the academy in Des Moines later this spring.  Sturtz […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council is considering creating a program that will offer a financial incentive to people to build a new home in the city.  The possible program was discussed by the council’s Economic Development Committee and then was presented to the full Council Monday evening. The proposal calls for the creation of a […]

Monday (03/05/2018):   CLASS 1A: Don Bosco, Gilbertville 60, George-Little Rock 57 Grand View Christian School 78, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 68 North Linn, Troy Mills 80, Edgewood-Colesburg 34 St. Mary’s, Remsen 73, Lynnville-Sully 57 CLASS 2A: Aplington-Parkersburg 54, South Hamilton, Jewell 51 Sheldon 63, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 50 Treynor 59, Wapello 53 Tuesday (03/06/2018): […]

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