MADRID, Iowa—Madrid voters easily returned incumbent school board member Lauren Clark to the board Tuesday with 390 votes.  Second in the polling Tuesday was Jessica Smith with 356 votes.  Third and fourth place finishers were separated by three votes.  Tyler Simmons received 293 votes and Ben Murry had 290 votes.  Incumbent Marvin Ostrander received 276 […]

MADRID, Iowa—Voters in Madrid have re-elected Chuck Rigby as their City Council Member at-large.  Rigby picked up 383 votes to best challenger Denise Moore who had 161 votes.  The other contested race featured Steve Burich in the 2nd Ward in Madrid challenged by former 2nd Ward Council Member Kurt Kruse.  Burich received 132 votes to […]

OGDEN, Iowa—Voters in the Ogden School District have selected Pete Thomsen and Leda Burton to join incumbent Matthew Van Sickle on the Ogden School Board.  Thomsen received 232 votes to lead the way Tuesday.  Van Sickle received 228 votes and Burton finished third with 201 votes.  Dave Baitinger was fourth in the polling with 175 […]

OGDEN, Iowa—Five candidates were on the ballot for three at-large positions on the Ogden City Council Tuesday.  Incumbents Margaret Liston and Lori Anderson each received 166-votes to return to the Council.  Jason Weber finished third in the polling with 144 votes.  David Huntley finished fourth with 122 votes and Krystal McClain received 65 votes.  Sean […]

BOONE, Iowa—Voters in the Boone School District have selected three new school board members.  Leading the way Tuesday was Pam Nystrom with 1,425 votes followed by Patricia Theiben with 1,117 votes.  Joseph Weber finished third with 885 votes.  Marc Peter had 740 votes and Jean Sorsen received 659 votes.  Sorsen was the lone incumbent to […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone City Council Member Steven Ray was re-elected to a fifth term on Boone City Council Tuesday, picking up 841-votes to 781-votes for Carrie Galvan.  It was Galvan’s first run for office. Boone Mayor John Slight ran unopposed and received 1,402 votes, 2nd Ward Council Member BJ McGinn was unopposed and received 378 votes […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Salvation Army of Boone, in partnership with the Boone Walmart Super Center, is announcing its NEW First Annual Angel Tree Toy Drive.  This Toy Drive will be held this Saturday, November 9th from 10: 00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  The Salvation Army of Boone will be at Walmart with it’s Angel Tree Tags. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The state and the city of Boone have agreed to pay $80,000 to an Iowa drug suspect who was arrested after an illegal search. The State Appeal Board on Monday approved the payout under a legal settlement with Daniel Vinnece. The state and the city will split the cost. The […]

GRAND JUNCTION, Iowa (AP) — A central Iowa fire chief has been accused of being drunk while driving an ambulance and taking a patient to a hospital. Greene County court records say 39-year-old Thomas Launderville is charged with operating while intoxicated, second offense. The records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment […]