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 April through November.“Recent rainfall across the state has helped to push the crop along as farmers are approaching the end of planting,” said Secretary […]

OGDEN, Iowa—Gislea “Gisy” Phelps, 72, of Oktaha, Oklahoma, formerly of Boone and Ogden, Iowa, passed away on May 26, 2022.  Funeral services for Gisy will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, June 3, 2022 at Carson-Stapp Funeral Home in Ogden.  Burial will follow at Glenwood Cemetery.  A visitation will be held from 5-7 P.M. […]

AMES, Iowa—Ames Police have made an arrest as a result of their investigation into a shooting early Monday morning. On May 30th at 12:45 a.m. the Ames Police Department responded to Mary Greeley Hospital for a victim of a gunshot wound. Officers discovered the shooting occurred a few minutes earlier in the 600 block of […]

BOONE, Iowa—Alice Marie (Martin) Whittlesey, age 89, of Boone, died Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Boone County Hospital. Alice was born in Boone, Iowa on April 1, 1933, the daughter of Charles and Etta (Elsberry) Martin. On December 20, 1953, she married James Whittlesey, also of Boone. They had four children. Over her lifetime, Alice […]

AMES, Iowa—Phyllis LaVonne (Nelson) Pevestorf, age 89 of Ames and formerly of Stratford, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at the Israel Family Hospice House. Born on May 7, 1933 in Carroll County, the third daughter of Arthur and Golda (Van Raden) Nelson. She attended country school through 7th grade then attended Coon Rapids […]

DMACC Boone Campus Students Michaela Beck, Originally from Sioux Falls, SD and Now Living in Ames, and Allison Arnold from Ogden are Finalists Advancing to Four-Day Innovation Boot Camp in Washington, D.C. The Name of the DMACC Boone Campus Team is “Girls with Grit”  Beck and Arnold will be Competing for Cash Prizes in the […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The 2022 Boone Memorial Day Ceremony was held Monday morning at the G.A.R. Plot of the Linwood Park Cemetery. Those attending were created by warm, windy conditions, and many gathered in the shade during the ceremony. Thomas Matt, Jr., U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander (Retired) spoke about Memorial Day and remembrances.  Matt, a Boone native, […]

BOONE, Iowa—The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has issued a Tornado Watch covering Central Iowa until 1:00 a.m.                   (contributed information, NWS)