BOONE, Iowa—Stuck at home with your school age children and looking for something to occupy their time.  The Des Moines y Camp in Boone County has begun releasing Facebook videos on a daily basis to give parents something to do to occupy their children’s time.  Alex Kretzinger, Executive Director, and Kyle Beach, Outdoor Education Director […]

We have a list of closings and cancellations due to the COVID19 pandemic.  This list gets updated as reports come into our station.  To find the list, go to kwbg.com.  and under News, click the Local tab.  We keep these as current as possible.  

BOONE, Iowa—In response to the current outbreak of COVID-19, The Salvation Army of Boone has announced that their Social Service Office will temporarily become strictly appointment based rather than walk-in based. The Salvation Army is asking that, starting today, those who need Food Pantry Assistance, Rent Assistance, and Utility Assistance, contact their office first to […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 61-year old Kevin Moeller of Boone, Iowa.  Kevin passed away Saturday, March 14, 2020 at his home in Boone, Iowa.  Following CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19, a private visitation will be held.  Following the visitation, Kevin’s wishes were to be cremated.  A private family funeral service and burial […]

EXTENDED CLOSURE INFORMATION Boone – Augustana Lutheran Church has cancelled all services and activities thru 3/31/20 Boone- Boone Community Schools – classes and activities cancelled through April 12th. Boone –Boone Community Schools Food Service Program will continue to operate with “grab and go” breakfast and hot lunches available for pick-up at three locations. During the […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 67-year old Sandra Lee Stumpf of Boone, Iowa.  She passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa.  Due to the CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19, a private family visitation and funeral service will be held.  Burial will be in the Linwood Park Cemetery, […]

DES MOINES –  Gov. Reynolds issued a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency activating the public health response and recovery aspects of the State Disaster Emergency Plan effective at noon today.   It takes significant steps to require social distancing and limit community spread of the virus by implementing temporary measures including moving restaurants to […]