DMACC’s Graphic Design Department and Auto Collision Department recently donated a patriotic peddle car to Operation Middle Ground.  The car will be used as an auction item at a later date.  Operation Middle Ground is a non-profit organization, which provides guidance to veterans and family members who are coping with Post-Traumatic Stress disorder and suicide […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone City Engineer and Utility Superintendent Dan Scott has put moving ahead with a number of necessary projects facing the Utility Department.  The next will be the Clinton Street Water Tower which will be cleaned and re-painted beginning next month. The last time it was painted was 18 years ago. Originally built in 1972, […]

ANKENY, Iowa—Jane Hargens of Johnston, founder and president of Operation Middle Ground, recently accepted a donation from Des Moines Area Community College’s (DMACC’s) Graphic Design Department. With collaborative efforts among DMACC’s Graphic Design Department and Auto Collision Department, a patriotic peddle car was completed. DMACC Graphic Design student Michael Kaut of Pleasant Hill painted the […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 79 year old Shari Ann Gillespie of Boone, Iowa.  She passed away at The Bridges of Ankeny on July 22, 2018.  The funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Boone, Iowa.  Interment will take place at […]

Scattered showers and thunderstorms later today and tonight will give way to fair weather and cooler, less humid conditions for Thursday and Friday.

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Class 3A State Tournament Quarterfinals #1 Harlan over Boone 5-4 Boone County Family YMCA Player of the Game: Corbin Wafful Boone ends their season 24-9

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works will be spraying for mosquitoes Tuesday evening, weather permitting.  Spraying is still planned for every Tuesday and Thursday evening, weather permitting.