Friday evening from 5 to 9 the Boone Firefighters Association will be holding a fundraiser at Boone Valley Brewing Company.  They will be selling shirts featuring Truck 8-66, the 2007 platform aerial ladder truck that was custom built for Boone.  In honor of the Firefighters, the local brewery has created “Platform Pilsner.”  There will also […]

JEFFERSON—DNR is onsite investigating a fish kill in Hardin Creek about two miles east of Jefferson in Greene County at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Local USDA Service Center staff noticed the dead fish while stream sampling in the area. DNR has little information yet. While the fish differ in size and species, and the affected area […]

On Wednesday afternoon, several local legislators were in Boone County to view practical applications of solar power.  The tour started at the farm of Senator Jerry Behn, then continued to the Jake Zehr acreage to view the 15kW roof mount solar unit, then moved to the Community Action weatherization project on 5th Street in Boone, […]

On August 16, 2019, a Boone County jury found Charles Sila Curry, 29, of Des Moines, Iowa, guilty of Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury in violation of Iowa Code section 708.4(1). According to the testimony at trial, on May 9, 2019, at approximately 1:11 pm, a man called into the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) is expanding its payment options to now accept debit cards and Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit. These paperless payment options enable FSA customers to pay farm loan payments, measurement service fees, farm program debt repayments and administrative service fees, as well as to purchase aerial […]

The City of Boone will begin trimming trees along Story Street on Wednesday.  The area of focus will be from 4th to 9th streets.  Please plan your travel accordingly.