LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL 4A State Championship #5 Boone vs #2 Western Dubuque 5pm on KWBG

DES MOINES, Iowa—Governor Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Gina Badding as a judge of the Iowa Court of Appeals. Badding, of Carroll, Iowa, currently serves as a district judge in Judicial Election District 2B. She previously practiced law with Neu, Minnich, Comito, Halbur, Neu & Badding, P.C., in Carroll. Badding received her undergraduate […]

The 5th ranked Boone Toreadors upset #1 Winterset Wednesday afternoon to advance to their first ever 4A State Title Game. The Huskies had a 1-0 lead up until the top of the 5th inning. The Toreadors had runner’s at 2nd and 3rd with one out and Laena Solverson at the plate…   https://www.kwbg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/solverson-bunt-single.mp3   Victoria […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The weekly fuel report from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship shows natural gas prices rose 23 cents at the Henry Hub reporting site and are currently priced at $3.94/MMbtu. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $4.88 per […]

BOONE, Iowa—Drought conditions in Iowa did improve over much of the state, but it did not improve for Boone County.  The portion of the state under severe drought shrank again, but Boone Count is still included in the severe drought designation.                             […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL 4A State Semifinals #5 Boone over #1 Winterset 4-2     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 3A Substate Final ADM over #9 Boone 8-4

BOONE, Iowa—Last week, Iowa Workforce Development announced Iowa’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.0 percent in June 2021 from 3.9 percent in May 2021. The state’s jobless rate was 7.1 percent one year ago. The total number of working Iowans increased to 1,587,800 in June of 2021, which is 59,300 higher than June 2020 and 3,800 more than […]

BOONE, Iowa—Due to the Sub-state Final Baseball Game at Memorial Park in Boone Wednesday evening, Boone Public Works has announced that there will some associated street closures.  The corner of Greene Street and 20th Street will be closed and the corner Boone Street and 21st will be closed from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.