WCAC Girls Basketball All-Conference Teams   1st Team Moriah Prewitt **                  Junior                          Des Moines Christian Kate Muller                             Senior                          Des Moines Christian Payton Beckman **                Sophomore                  Panorama Angel Poldberg                       Sophomore                  Panorama Laci Rishel                               Sophomore                  Panorama Clair Lauterbach **                Senior                          Van Meter Sydney Neal                            Senior                          West Central Valley Emma Anderson **                Sophomore                  Woodward Granger   ** = […]

BOONE, Iowa—The annual spring time ban of garbage trucks in alleys in Boone has been put in place, effective Tuesday morning.  Boone Public Works Director John Rouse told the City Council Monday that it’s a few weeks earlier than normal, but the weather is having an earlier impact on the condition of alleys.  The ban […]

Monday evening, Casey Petersen was sworn in as a full-time firefighter with the Boone Fire Department.  Casey started at the Fire Department in 2016 as a paid on call firefighter and then promoted to part-time firefighter/EMT.  Casey had his badge pinned by his wife and son. (Photos courtesy of Boone Fire Department)  

BOONE, Iowa—After starting as a paid on call member of the Boone Fire Department, Casey Peterson was sworn in as the newest full-time member of the Department during Monday’s City Council meeting.  Peterson had already completed training as a paramedic and has been working as a member of the Urbandale Fire Department.

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MADRID, Iowa—The Boone High School speech team traveled to Madrid High School for the 2020 District Individual Speech Contest Saturday, February 29, 2020. Eighteen of Boone’s twenty-seven performances earned the highest rating (I). A single judge evaluated each performance, awarding students a rating on a scale of 1-4 as well as offering a written and […]