BOONE, Iowa—Bria Schwind, senior at Boone High School and daughter of Tim and Martha Schwind, was selected as the State FFA Winner for her Ag Proficiency Award in the area of Veterinary Science. Ag Proficiency Award winners have excelled in their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Programs. These awards encourage members to develop specialized skills that will apply […]

BOONE, Iowa—Leonard “Junior” Madden, Jr., age 92, of Boone, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Accura Healthcare of Ogden. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Schroeder-Reimers Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall Streets in Boone.  Visitation will be held for one hour prior to […]

BOONE, Iowa—Members of the Boone A&M FFA Chapter at Boone High School competed in the North Central District FFA Leadership Career Development Events on Saturday, March 5 at Belmond High School.  The North Central FFA District is made up of nearly 40 FFA Chapters from north central Iowa. Earning first or second place gold rating […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Water Environment Plant at McHose Park reported 2.9″ of snow as of 8:00 a.m. Monday. It was a wet snow with a recorded .22″ of moisture.

OGDEN, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for Hazel A. Peterson, 85, of Ogden, Iowa. She passed away on Friday, March 4th, 2022, at the Boone County Hospital. Funeral services are Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Ogden. Rev. Stephen Ude will officiate. Burial is at Glenwood Cemetery in Ogden. […]

1st Team Ella Santi-Madrid (JR) 7.0PPG 8.3RPG 2.2SPG Kaleigh Badker-Ogden (JR) 7.3PPG 1.8SPG 35.9% 3PPCT Emmy Lewis-Boone (SR) 9.4PPG 2.8RPG 78.9% FT Natalee Danner-Boone (JR) 8.7PPG 5.0RPG 1.6SPG Morgan Kathman-Boone (JR) 7.1PPG 3.2RPG 1.9APG   2nd Team Brenna Vote-Boone (JR) 3.6PPG 5.1RPG 1.1SPG Emma Moorman-Ogden (Soph) 2.9PPG 3.7RPG 2.4SPG Katelyn Ellis-Ogden (JR) 4.2PPG 5.0RPG 0.5SPG […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors will officially canvas this past weeks Special Election results on Monday in the Board Room at the Boone County Courthouse. They will finalize the decision by Boone voters on the bond referendum that would have funded a proposed Wellness and Recreational Center in downtown Boone.  They will also […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines is providing updated information about the potential for possible severe weather that could occur Saturday evening. A very active weather pattern will offer potentially strong to severe thunderstorm activity, followed by very windy conditions and then cooler air moving in Sunday. A wintery mix of […]