JEFFERSON, Iowa—The Iowa DOT has released a letter detailing work that will begin soon on the Highway 17 overpass project in Boone County: A project to reconstruct and widen approximately one-half mile of Iowa 17 and construct an overpass over 210th Road and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Boone County will require detouring traffic […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines has updated information about expected weather concerns for Wednesday.  Strong thunderstorm activity is possible, very windy conditions and also fire danger concerns exist.                                       (contributed information, NWS)

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY     COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL DMACC over Southwestern 25-19, 25-17, 25-4       LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY     WOMEN’S/MENS BASKETBALL DMACC at Iowa Lakes

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements are being planned for 75 year old Arthur A. Eppert of Boone, Iowa and Mesa, Arizona.  Arthur passed away Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Banner Gateway Medical Center, Gilbert, Arizona. A Celebration of Life will be held later this summer. Final interment will be held in the Squire Boone Cemetery, Worth Township, […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Public Health has reported that the vaccination rate for COVID-19 in Boone County is at 70% for those 65 and older.  The data was taken from census information and the number of vaccinations administered and registered into the state system.  The numbers are apparently for those that have had both the primary […]

AMES, Iowa—Farmers, other agricultural professionals, and other interested parties who work with corn following a previous corn crop will want to attend a corn rootworm management webinar at 10:00 a.m. on March 26, hosted by Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach, the University of Illinois Extension, and the University of Wisconsin Extension. Webinar topics […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Effective Monday, March 8, Iowa vaccine providers can officially begin vaccinating additional priority populations. Individuals 64 years of age and younger with medical conditions that are or may be an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19 are now eligible. See Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) recommendations for those conditions here. This announcement comes […]

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY     COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Southwestern at DMACC