DES MOINES, Iowa—Taco John’s stores in Iowa held their annual Forget-Me-Not campaign during the month of September to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. This is the 2nd year Taco John’s has supported the Alzheimer’s Association by selling $1 Forget-Me-Nots to their customers and donating 100% of the proceeds, and […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines is projecting possible strong or even severe thunderstorms Thursday.                                                       (contributed information, NWS)

Boone Girls Swimming Conference Results from October 17th   ncsc north championship results (2)  

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL 4A Quarterfinals Webster City over Boone 20-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-12, 15-4     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL 2A Quarterfinals Madrid at Woodward Granger     HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Boone at State Qualifying Meet (Winterset)

The Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad’s All Aboard! capital campaign project is near their goal of $900,000.  Fareway Meat & Grocery will match all gifts received for the project up to a total of $20,000 in the next 30 days, which would bring the BSVRR to their total.  Pictured are Mike Wendel, Craig Shepley, Travis […]

BOONE, Iowa—Quite a few Boone residents use the utility bill drop off, located in the alley on the east side of city hall.  That service will not be available for a couple of weeks while contractors move forward with a city project to deal with drainage of storm water in the alley.  Over the past […]

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. “Parts of Iowa have seen intense snowfall over the past several hours, bringing harvest to a halt for some farmers. […]