It was a good weekend for Boone County at the 2021 Iowa State Fair.  On Friday, twelve-year old Hannah Brandhorst of Madrid advanced to the semi-final round at Bill Riley’s 61st annual State Fair Talent Search in the Sprout division (ages 2 to 12).  Hannah, who is a ventriloquist, will perform again next Thursday, Friday, […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has released their weekly list of beaches with advisories. There are 13 beach advisories for the week of 8/13 13 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory: Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)* Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)* George Wyth Beach (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA)* Lake Darling Beach (Brighton, Washington County, IA)* […]

BOONE, Iowa—Incumbent 3rd Ward Council Member Elijah Stines has decided to seek re-election to the Boone City Council.  He made his announcement this week: Four years ago, I was humbled to receive the opportunity to represent the citizens of Ward 3 in Boone on the City Council. Many people know me as the guy with […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Hospital has updated it’s visitation policy due to the rising number of COVID cases in Boone County and the State of Iowa. https://www.boonehospital.com/about-us/news-library/visitor-restrictions-have-been-updated-as-of-august-12?fbclid=IwAR1iJKCV4oSFLjJ6wszAQxNPO57TCGXdFujCgRXBxfQHJAcQWzktatJ8NqE  

DES MOINES, Iowa—The weekly Drought Monitor information was released Tuesday and the National Weather Service office in Des Moines released the data Thursday.  There was a slight increase of 1% in abnormally dry conditions in Iowa.  Both the moderate and severe areas declined about 1.5% while the extreme drought area increased by only a few […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The weekly fuel report from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship did show a few declines in prices. Natural gas prices fell 13 cents at the Henry Hub reporting site and are currently priced at $4.01/MMbtu. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West […]