ANKENY, Iowa—Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) today announced a series of presidential candidate forums on the economic future of the United States, hosted in collaboration with Iowa Public Television (IPTV) and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. The series intends to provide community college students, local small businesses, and Iowans throughout the state the opportunity […]

BOONE, Iowa—Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity is pleased to introduce Lindsay Lynch as Associate Director.                       Working from Habitat’s office in downtown Boone, Lindsay will have primary responsibility for leading volunteers and donors serving Boone County families in need of safe, healthy and affordable […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works has been able to maintain their mosquito spraying schedule, every Tuesday and Thursday evening at dusk.  Once again, residents will be able to hear the spraying this evening, weather permitting.  Efforts are made to keep on the regular schedule because of so many outdoor activities, including this Saturday’s 28th Annual Iowa […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Sheriff’s Department and Boone County Search and Rescue responded to a call about a possible missing boater on Wednesday evening, west of Boone on the Des Moines River.  Authorities report that the call was received in the communication center about 8:20 p.m.  A witness saw a boat sink the area.  Search […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold another public information meeting this afternoon and evening to discuss proposed improvement to Iowa 17 east of Boone and north of U.S. 30.  Residents in the immediate area refer to this as a proposed overpass project on Iowa 17 east of Boone.  This is the third developmental […]

UPDATE July 12:  Big Boy is moving again!!!!  

BOONE, Iowa—Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting farmland leasing meetings across 12 different sites in Central Iowa during late July and August. Meeting sites include Boone, Gladbrook, Newton, Adel, Grinnell, Altoona, Nevada, Indianola, Greenfield, Winterset, Marshalltown and Knoxville and are coordinated by county ISU Extension and Outreach offices. The discussion will focus on […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL 2A Regionals #14 Ogden over Interstate-35 8-0   2A Regionals South Hamilton over Madrid 5-0     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone over Dallas Center Grimes 3-2 Ogden over Perry 8-6 (9inn)