Monday evening, June 3rd, the Ericson Public Library held their Summer Reading Kick-Off Carnival.  The rain held off and there was an awesome turnout.  

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Ogden over Woodward Granger 11-0 5inn Madrid at West Central Valley Stuart     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone over Norwalk 6-4 (Boone now 4-3) Woodward Granger over Ogden 4-3 Madrid over West Central Valley Stuart 5-0   LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Ballard at […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Landfill Administrator, Lois Powers has announced plans to shut down the landfill operations the end of the month for a much needed scale replacement project. According to Powers, a date has been set for the replacement of the scale at the Boone County Landfill.  The deck will need to be removed on […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—U.S Senator Joni Ernst late last week announced that former South Carolina Governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley will be the featured guest speaker at her re-election campaign kickoff during her 5th Annual Roast and Ride.  The Roast and Ride will be held Saturday, June 15th at the Central Iowa Expo in Boone.  […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County has begun a check to verify 9-1-1 addresses.  In an announcement from the county’s IT Department, a call was put out to get residents to access an app to make sure they have a correct address listed. Work on updating the data is being done by Penny Vossler, GISP, the Boone County […]

BOONE, Iowa—Municipal Elections are five months away and Steven P. Ray, 48, of Boone has announced he will seek reelection to a fifth term as city council member at-large on the Boone City Council.  Ray has served over 15 years on the council and also is the city’s mayor pro temp. Ray joined the council […]

1st Team Natalie Martinez Perry Ashlyn Watt ADM Elle De Costa Bondurant-Farrar Madi Watts Carlisle Delaney Barton ADM Kailey Beebe Winterset Ainsley Erzen Carlisle Kailey Crawford Perry Emma De Costa Bondurant Grace Hintze Bondurant Mikaela Lawrence Winterset Lizzie Armburg Winterset Elle Hook ADM Morgan Catron Ballard Magley Orellana Perry Delaney Bertman ADM   2nd Team […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Ericson Public Library is hosting a Kickoff Carnival for the 2019 Summer Reading Program.  7th Street between Greene Street and Arden Street will be closed from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. to host the Kickoff Carnival.  People traveling in the area are reminded that there will be quite a bit of pedestrian traffic […]

The Household Hazardous Waste Event sponsored by the Boone County Landfill was held Saturday, June 1st, with 87 vehicles crossing the scales and 80 vehicles served at DMACC.  The Boone firefighters donated their time and assistance to help make this a success!  (Photos courtesy Boone County Landfill)