BOONE, Iowa—Until the rain began earlier this week, extreme drought conditions continued to expand in Iowa with much more of the state included in the expanding areas of moderate to severe drought conditions.  Extreme drought conditions affected most of Boone County and usually includes major crop and pasture losses and potential water shortages.     […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Ballard over Boone 25-22, 25-16, 25-12 Humboldt over Boone 25-12, 25-18   Ogden at Perry Tournament     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Humboldt at Boone (6:20pm on KWBG) Ogden at Earlham Madrid at Nodaway Valley

Here are the items for today (September 10th, 2020):   A1 Carpet Cleaning- (2) $50 Gift Certificates for Any Service- KWBG Wheeler Dealer Price= $30 Each The Booke Shop- (1) $14 Beach Shells Puzzle (550 Piece)- KWBG Wheeler Dealer Price= $8.40 Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad- (1) $150 Dinner Train for Two- KWBG Wheeler Dealer […]

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Ballard and Humboldt at Boone Ogden at Perry Tournament

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released this weeks fuel prices with the price of Natural Gas leading the way, falling 14 cents this week, currently at $2.39. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $3.76 per barrel over […]

BOONE, Iowa—Congratulations to Sarah Salati, RN, BSN, Med/Surg/Peds at Boone County Hospital (BCH), who received the 2020 Daisy Award. Sarah was presented the award at a small ceremony in the BCH south garden on September 3rd. Sarah is a big believer that it is undignified for anyone to die alone. She is well known for […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works Director John Rouse told the Boone City Council Tuesday that Public Works and contractors had completed the first round of debris removal from the August 10th derecho.  Rouse said between city personnel and contracted personnel they went through $56,000 before FEMA became involved.  Since then, the cost has increased by another […]