BOONE, Iowa—The Rec Wellness Center planning committee in Boone will be hosting another public meeting this evening, at 7:00 p.m. at the Boone City Hall Auditorium. The meeting is expected to include a virtual tour of the proposed facility presented by Denovo, the company selected to assist with initial design and construction information. Other issues […]

AMES, Iowa—Practical Farmers of Iowa has 18 on-farm paid job openings with farmers across the state who are committed to providing additional training on what it takes to run a farm business. The jobs are being offered through Practical Farmers’ Labor4Learning program, which features experienced farmers from a range of farm systems and enterprises who […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DMACC over Northeast NE 70-63     MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DMACC over Northeast NE 91-70     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Boone and Ames at Fort Dodge     HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS BASKETBALL Madrid at Glidden Ralston

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Conservation and the Iowa Arboretum have collaborated to offer a couple Better Birders Workshops Sunday. The first will be a Common Feeder Birds presentation: Join Expert birder Kelly McKay (BioEco Research and Monitoring Center), with assistance from Mark Roberts (Clinton County Conservation) and Brian Ritter (Nahant Marsh Education Center) for a presentation at […]

AMES, Iowa—Gardeners who are looking for a creative way to control insects might consider planting some sweet alyssum. This flowering annual or short-lived perennial adds some bright colors to the garden, and most importantly, it attracts beneficial insects such as ladybugs and hoverfly. These insects are beneficial to plants because they feed on pests, especially […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Diane Patrick, is announcing that a special election has been called for voters in the City of Boone and voters in The Southeast Webster Grand Community School District. The election will take place on March 1, 2022. For information about the public measures to be voted on, […]

The Event is being held Virtually This Year ·         Alix Ohlin has written six books of fiction and is the Director of the University of British Columbia School of Creative Writing  ·         Steven Schwartz is the author of four collections of stories and two novels and is a Professor Emeritus of English at Colorado State University. Award-winning […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement as the U.S. national debt officially surpassed $30 trillion for the first time in our nation’s history: “Congress has a spending problem. For years, we have disregarded the very real threat that our debt poses to our economy, national security, and future generations. Now, we’ve […]