Exciting times for basketball in Iowa. In the NCAA tournaments, there are three Iowa women’s teams (ISU, U of I, Drake) and there are two Iowa men’s teams (ISU, U of I). KWBG will be broadcasting the ISU games on air.  

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 95-year old Charlotte Lyons of Boone, Iowa and the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, Iowa.  A Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Boone, Iowa.  Burial will be held in the Sacred Heart […]

Boone Girls Track Results from March 18th  

BOONE, Iowa—It’s that time of the year when Boone County Extension and Outreach puts out the call to any interested youth to get signed up for the model rocket program.  It’s a program open to all youth whether they participate in 4-H or not.  Any youth interested in model rockets and who is in the […]

The Boone Fire Department responded to reports of a fire at 709 Keeler in downtown Boone shortly after 6am Sunday. The building’s tenant used a fire extinguisher to keep the fire from spreading in the residence. Firefighters were called back to put out a fire in the cockloft (attic). No injuries reported, but the building […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Parks Department has issued its annual reminder that Spring Clean-up at the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone will begin on April 1st.  Those families that have items decorating graves in the cemetery should begin collecting them before clean-up begins.  If you know someone that is not available to collect items, please pass […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 91-year old Mary Ellen Dennert-Burman of Boone, Iowa. The service will be held Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at First Evangelical Free Church, 1407 Kate Shelley Drive, Boone, Iowa. Burial will be held in the Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, Iowa. Visitation will be held at […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone High School speech team traveled to Nevada High School on Saturday, March 9th, to compete at the State Individual Speech Contest. Eighteen of twenty-three performances earned the highest rating (1). Ten of Boone’s performances earned straight 1 ratings from all three judges. Three judges evaluated each performance, awarding students a rating on […]