BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Sheriff’s Department was involved with locating a missing kayaker Sunday evening. The call to the communications center was received at 8:47 p.m.  The Sheriff’s Department released information on the incident on their Facebook page Monday morning: On Sunday night, 8/22, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a potentially […]

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DAYTON, Iowa—“We live in a world where it is hard to laugh anymore.  We need to learn to laugh again,” said Gizmo McCracken about his rodeo comedy act, that will be gracing the arena this year for the annual Dayton Labor Day rodeo.    Gizmo will not only work as the clown for the 2021 rodeo, […]

DAYTON, Iowa—The Steel Rodeo Tour will be back in Dayton this Labor Day weekend as the specialty act for the 2021 rodeo.  Some might remember this motorcycle act from the 2018 rodeo, where two of the shows had to be cancelled due to excessive rain.   This year, he’s hoping for clear skies to better wow […]

·         The Non-Credit Classes are Designed for, but not Limited to, Seniors 55 Years and Older. ·         The Senior College @ DMACC is Offering Nine Non-Credit Classes this Fall Semester. ·         DMACC is Working with an Advisory Group of former Senior College of Greater Des Moines Board Members to Transition the Program to DMACC. ANKENY, Iowa—The Senior College […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council provides the advisory information for public beaches in Iowa.  This week’s data includes three beaches dealing with a microcystin-related advisory. There are 12 beach advisories for the week of 8/20 9 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory: Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)* George Wyth Beach (Waterloo, Black Hawk County, IA)* Lake […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service has made available information from the U.S. Drought Monitor about the drought conditions in Iowa. The update for the Drought Monitor was released Tuesday. Increases were noted in the Extreme Drought areas northeast of Boone County and in North Central Iowa spreading into Southern Minnesota. Boone County continues to […]

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for Larry A. Schroeder, age 67 of Boone, Iowa.  He died peacefully at his home after a sudden illness Wednesday, August 18, 2021. A Funeral Mass will be held Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at 11:00 A.M. at the Church of the Sacred Heart with Rev. Timothy Johnson officiating. Burial […]