BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works has announced that a portion of West 2nd Street in the 300-block will be closed to traffic for a couple of weeks due to the work being done in connection with the Destiny Homes Development in the old trailer court property.  For home owners, driveways are expected to remain open.  Destiny […]

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 58-year old Brian Hammond of Aurora, Colorado and formerly of Boone, Iowa.  A graveside service will be held Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the Rose Hill Cemetery, west of Boone, Iowa.  Burial of his cremated remains will be held following the service. Following the service, […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Farmers finally got a much needed break from the rain and were able to make significant progress on fieldwork,” said […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Ogden over Madrid 3-1 Boone over Bondurant Farrar 9-3   HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Bondurant Farrar over Boone 5-2 Madrid over Ogden 5-1     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Boone at Webster City Ogden at West Central Valley ACGC at Madrid   HIGH SCHOOL […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Municipal Band will perform it’s third regular concert, Wednesday evening at the Herman Park Pavilion.  This weeks selections will include Anitschka, Washington Post March, Our Yesterdays Lengthen Like Shadows, The Beauty and the Beast, Cinema Paradiso (Sax Solo) and Sea Wise March.  Again this week, a small group has been scheduled to […]

At Summer Meal Meet-Ups, anyone 18 and under can get a free, nutritious meal or snack at more than 50 locations in central Iowa. Everyone’s welcome and no sign-up is required. Meals, days, and times vary by location, so check your local site for availability. A nutritious summer starts here! “This institution is an equal […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public works had several projects that were budgeted to be completed during the current fiscal year and the final one is scheduled to start this week.  Projects during this fiscal year included resurfacing the road through McHose Park, a stretch of Industrial Park Road, a portion of Park Avenue, all completed in the […]

ANKENY, Iowa—Funding for the new Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship, which Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced last week, will be available to qualified DMACC students on a first-come, first-served basis for the 2019-20 academic year. The Last-Dollar Scholarship will cover tuition for qualified students in eligible DMACC programs that lead to high-demand jobs in Iowa. If other […]