BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Des Moines IA 652 PM CDT Tue Jul 14 2020 The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a * Tornado Warning for… West central Story County in central Iowa… East central Boone County in central Iowa… * Until 715 PM CDT. * At […]

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements are being set for 75 year old Michael W. Riker of Boone, Iowa.  He passed away at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.  A memorial service and burial of his cremated remains will be held in the Linwood Park Cemetery of Boone, Iowa at a later date. Online condolences may be left […]

Sunday evening, there was a flag-raising ceremony at the Boone Green Space. Blue Line and Red Line flags representing police and fire in Boone and are now on display at 8th and Story. The Boone Optimist Club, Todd and Amy Rasmussen and Rita Davenport hosted the ceremony.

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service in Des Moines has projected a possibility of strong to severe thunderstorm activity Tuesday afternoon and evening.                                                         (contributed information, NWS Des […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Class 2A Regionals Madrid over West Central Valley Stuart 17-11     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone over Hampton Dumont CAL 11-1     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 1A District Semifinal Fort Dodge St Edmond at Ogden (7pm on KWBG)   1A District Semifinal […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today 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. “While some areas of the state got rain over the past week, areas of western and west central Iowa missed […]

BOONE, Iowa—Brett Putz, a native of Forest City, has been named the new men’s head basketball coach at Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC). Putz, who will become the 13th head coach in the program’s history, will succeed Josh Sash, who departed after one season to become an assistant men’s basketball coach at the North […]