AMES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Transportation is requesting public input for a proposed bridge reconstruction on Iowa 210 over the Des Moines River, located 0.3 miles east of Boone County Road E-62. The proposed project includes the removal and replacement of the existing bridge deck. Construction of the project is expected to begin in 2022. […]

BOONE, Iowa—The most recent drought information from the U.S. Drought Monitor was released this week and shows that severe drought conditions continue locally.  Little change occurred, even with rain last week.  For the City of Boone, rainfall in June was about 3.8″ below normal, even though the southern part of the county received heavy rainfall […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Bondurant Farrar over Boone 5-1   Pleasantville over Ogden 10-0 and 18-5   Van Meter over Madrid 12-0 and 22-0     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Bondurant Farrar over Boone 4-2   Pleasantville over Ogden 16-4 Ogden over Pleasantville 12-6   Van Meter over Madrid 10-0 and 21-1 […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the appointment of Mike Hammond to the role of Executive Director. Hammond, a Boone Native, has a background in higher education and nonprofit leadership. After graduating from Boone High School, he earned bachelor’s degrees in international studies, history and Spanish from Central College in […]

KNOXVILLE, Iowa—Mike Fisher, HIRTA driver in Knoxville, was recognized during the 2021 Iowa Public Transit Association (IPTA) Annual Meeting and Training Conference as HIRTA’s Driver of the Year. To be considered for driver of the year, drivers must work at least 780 hours, have no fault accidents or moving violations, work at least 95% of […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Boone over North Polk 7-6     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone over North Polk 2-1 10inn Ogden over #8 Coon Rapids Bayard 7-4     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Bondurant Farrar at Boone Ogden at Pleasantville Madrid at Van Meter     HIGH […]