BOONE, Iowa—The U.S. Drought Monitor for the week was released on Tuesday and the National Weather Service passed along the information Thursday, showing that even with rain, little change in the drought condition was found locally.  The eastern part of Boone County remained in Moderate Drought and the west portion of the county was Abnormally […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council will hold a Special Meeting on Friday afternoon to discuss and determine if they should proceed with the purchase of property in downtown Boone.  The property is currently owned by American International Bridge, Inc. and is located at 628 Story Street.  The location was the former Fareway Store and has […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Engineer Scott Kruse has announced that ongoing utility work will lead to a short-term road closure on the west side of Boone County: Northern Natural Gas is working on a pipeline on A Avenue approximately 1/4 mile north of 260th street. They need to close the road today and have it remain […]

BOONE, Iowa—This past Sunday morning the Boone Firefighters Association hosted their annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at the Boone Fire Department, raising money to purchase updated firefighting equipment. In a statement released by the Association this week, they pass along thanks for the tremendous support from the local community.  With that support, they  were able to […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Boone over Perry 4-2 (Zoey Hightshoe with a walk off 2r homerun)   Kuemper Catholic over Ogden 8-5     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone over Perry 10-0 5inn (Parker Newcomb with the no hitter)   Ogden over Collins Maxwell 12-8     COLLEGE SOFTBALL Highland over DMACC […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship monitors fuel prices and this week reported a slight decline in the average price of gasoline. Regular unleaded gasoline averaged $2.89 across Iowa, down 2 cents from last week. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil rose this week on the West Texas Intermediate […]

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling its Chicken Street Taco Kit due to a recall issued by its supplier Reser’s Fine Foods. Hy-Vee received bulk Chicken Taco Kits from Reser’s Fine Foods and repackaged them into Hy-Vee Chicken Street Taco kits. These bulk kits contained Chipotle Crema Sauce which contains egg that was not declared on […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines has provided updated information used to determine the possibility of severe weather into Thursday.                                                               […]