We are excited to welcome back Boone Native, Rusty Hicks, as Head Boys Basketball Coach at Boone High School.  Coach Hicks will return to his alma mater in the hopes of guiding our Boys Basketball Program to further development and success.  Rusty is a 1997 graduate of Boone High School. He attended school and played […]

John Barbier has been named the new Head Girls Basketball Coach at Ogden High School. Barbier has 26 years of varsity coaching experience, most recently as the Gilbert High School (Gilbert, IA) Girls’ Basketball coach from 2014 – 2018. Prior to coaching at Gilbert, Barbier made coaching stops as the Girls Varsity coach at Sioux […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Warmer and drier conditions were seen across the state in the earlier part of last week, allowing farmers to make progress […]

EXTENDED CLOSURE INFORMATION Alliant Energy is temporarily suspending disconnections for all of Iowa and Wisconsin customers during the public health emergency related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In addition, the company plans to waive late fees in Iowa. Alliant Energy is encouraging customers to set up payment plans based on their ability to pay. Boone […]

Through May 7th, KWBG will air Chicago Cubs baseball at 5pm each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  We’ll start with the 2016 NLDS and work our way through the World Series!  Hopefully, live action Cubs will be coming sooner, rather than later, but for now, we’ve Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer, Rizzo and Bryant, and […]

BOONE, Iowa—Fareway Stores, Inc. today announced a $200,000 donation to the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executives (ICCE). The donation provides for $1,000-2,000 in gift cards to ICCE chamber of commerce members in the communities Fareway serves. “ICCE’s members have the pulse in their communities on how to best serve their small business members during this […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 123 additional positive cases for a total of 1,710 positive cases. There have been an additional 981 negative tests for a total of 16,986 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs. According to […]