DES MOINES, Iowa—In celebration of National Unclaimed Property Day, held annually on February 1, State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald is sharing the newest report of Boone County residents who are in the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt. “This past year, there was a total of $49 million reported to the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt,” said Fitzgerald. […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone High School speech team performed at the District Large Group Speech Contest at Ankeny Centennial High School on Saturday, January 22, 2022. After competing virtually for the last year and a half due to COVID lockdown, this is their first in person contest since March of 2020. Twenty four students competed in […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Coon Rapids Bayard over Ogden 64-20       HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Coon Rapids Bayard over Ogden 70-60       LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS BASKETBALL Bondurant Farrar at Boone (6pm on KWBG) West Central Valley at Madrid     HIGH […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service in Des Moines has provided updated information about the hazardous winter weather conditions occurring this week.                                                                   […]

WINTERSET, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 103 year old Leah Wallace of Boone, Iowa and formerly of Winterset, Iowa. She passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022 at the Eastern Star Masonic Home, Boone, Iowa. A committal service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home Winterset Chapel. […]

AMES, Iowa—As farmers begin to make financial projections for the new year, there are resources available from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach that can help. A popular choice is the Farm Financial Planning Program, which includes access to seven different farm financial associates, in addition to software and helpful publications and guides. Nancy Brannaman, a […]

AMES, Iowa—Farmers wishing to maximize the profits from their fertilizer dollars will want to attend one of 15 in-person workshops or a virtual workshop hosted by Iowa State University. The workshop series, called Soil Testing Interpretations and Recommendations: Maximizing Return on Investment, will be held in February and March. This series will address the profitable […]

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia—Apex Clean Energy today announced that Great Pathfinder Wind, a 225 MW project located in Boone and Hamilton Counties in central Iowa, has executed a power purchase agreement with Meta for the full capacity of the project. Great Pathfinder will be Meta’s second clean power purchase in Iowa. Great Pathfinder Wind will help support […]

Temporary Part-Time Maintenance Position Available Boone County Secondary Road Maintenance The Boone County Engineer will be accepting applications for 3 Temporary Part-Time Secondary Road Maintenance Employee positions. The majority of the work required will be mowing Boone County right of way in an agricultural type tractor with mounted mowers or a bat wing type mower. […]