On Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health identified 1,239 new cases of COVID-19, 685 fewer positive coronavirus tests than were reported twenty-four hours before.  More than 256,000 Iowans have now contracted COVID-19 and 3,213 have died of coronavirus:  15 on Saturday, including four in Hamilton County as well as one in Webster, and one […]

The snow ordinance will be in effect for the City of Boone beginning Sunday night at 11 for the business district only.  If your vehicle is parked on a street in downtown Boone after 11:00, it will be ticketed and towed.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Water Environment Station in McHose Park recorded 6.8 inches of snow at 8:00 a.m. Saturday.  The largest single one-day snow event in the past several years.  Total moisture content, including the rain that fell before transitioning to snow overnight, .92 inches.

BOONE, Iowa—The weekly drought monitor shows very little change in the dry conditions affecting Boone County.  The majority of the county is still considered abnormally dry and the northwest corner of the county, around Boxholm is consider in moderate drought.  

Joanne’s Kringla   1/2 cup + 1 T soft butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 cup buttermilk 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda—dissolved in buttermilk 2 tsp vanilla 3 cups flour Cream sugar and butter, add the egg and beat well. Combine the reminder of ingredients. Dough will be a little soft. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Alan Lee Johnson, age 53, died suddenly on Monday, November 30, 2020 from a massive heart attack. Alan, the son of Sheryl and Terry Johnson, was born at Boone County Hospital, May 3, 1967, at 8:17 a.m. and weighed 8lbs and 3oz. He attended Lincoln Elementary School and was baptized at Central Christian Church […]

BOONE, Iowa—The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory that cuts diagonally across the state and includes Boone County.  The advisory projects accumulating snow, in some areas as much as 6″ of snow.  Travel could be hazardous.

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines continues to provide updated information about the winter storm that will affect central Iowa.                                     (contributed information, NWS)