DES MOINES, Iowa— Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented today on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November.“The first snowflakes of the season flew late last week, and soybean harvest is now 97 percent complete,” said Secretary Naig. […]

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas City Kansas at DMACC

·         To Encourage DMACC Students to Get Vaccinated, the College Announced a Fall Semester Vaccination Incentive for Students ·         All DMACC Students Taking at Least One College Credit in the Fall Semester, Were Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 and Able to Show Proof of the Vaccination, Were Eligible for the $1,000 Cash Prize ·         DMACC is Not Requiring Masks […]

BOONE, Iowa—During the month of October, Fareway corporate employees contributed to jeans days to benefit Wreaths Across America in Boone. A check for $525 was presented and will help provide for wreaths at Boone cemeteries during National Wreath Day on December 18.

Took some time out of our tree planting today to present Officer Rose with a $500 check for their Shop With The Cop Event. Boone Rotary will also be working with them to provide books to every child that they help with the Shop With A Cop program this year. Thanks Boone PD for all […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 57 year old Donald Clifford Romig II of Boone, Iowa. He died of complications of lung cancer on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, AZ, with his family by his side. Don was born on July 10, 1964 in Gary, IN, the son […]

BOONE, Iowa—Carol Ann (Roskam) Reed passed away quietly on November 10, 2021 at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, Iowa, after a long struggle with dementia. Carol was born in California and adopted by Eugene and Ora Roskam as an infant. She grew up in California before moving to Iowa in 1992. She was […]