The Madrid Girls Track team picked up a state title AND state record in the 4×200 Friday Morning from Drake Stadium in Des Moines. The Tigers toured the track in a blistering 1:43.29 breaking an 18yr old record by over 1 second. Lilly Ostert, Emma Olsen, Jillian Dodds and Ella Santi were part of this […]

BOONE, Iowa—Iola M. (Emley) Whitver, age 95 of Westhaven Community and Boone, died peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, February 13, 2022. Iola was born on April 8, 1926 in the family home near Bagley, IA, the daughter of Earl and Mabel (Humphrey) Emley. She graduated from Cooper High School, later earning an AA in […]

OGDEN, Iowa—Mary Kathryn (Johnson) Lendt age 62 passed away on February 9th, 2022, at Mary Greeley Hospital. A Celebration of Mary’s life will be held Saturday, June 18 from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the Ronald Good Shelter at the Don Williams Recreational Area, 610 H Avenue, Ogden, Iowa. Let us come together, friends […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Police Department has released information on the arrest of three Polk County individuals after an early morning incident in Boone Friday.  Boone Police Chief John Wiebold released this information: On May 20, 2022 around 2:00 am., the Boone Police Department began investigating a suspicious vehicle in the 900 block of Marion Street. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.0 percent in April – down from 3.3 percent in March and from 4.5 percent one year ago. The U.S. April unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent.The number of unemployed Iowans decreased to 50,900 in April from 55,600 in March. The total number of working Iowans […]

BOONE, Iowa—A smoke detector did what it was supposed to do early Friday morning. The Boone Fire Department was called to a residence in the 13-hundred block of Marshall Street shortly after 3:00 a.m. when the detector went off, woke the resident who called. Fire fighters were able to quickly handle the source of smoke. […]

Boone County State Track Schedule for May 20th 110m hurdles prelim Brady Leonard-15.07 qualifies for final on Saturday 110m hurdles prelim Gavin Owensby-Madrid 17.35, finishes 22nd overall 100m hurdles Prelims-Aleah Utterback-Madrid 16.14, finishes 11th 100m hurdles Taydem Graden-Ogden 16.40, finishes 13th 4×200 Boys Relay-Madrid 1:35.63 finishes 23rd 4×200 Madrid Girls 10:50am 1:43.29 STATE CHAMPION and […]

Boone County State Track Results from May 19th   Long Jump-Tyler Fuller-Madrid (13th 19-11.50) Long Jump-Cael Pearson-Ogden (4th 21-03.25) Shuttle Hurdle Relay-Ogden Girls (9th in 1:10.65) 3000m run Kayden Spencer-Ogden (11th in 11:28.08) 200m Prelims-Jillian Dodds-Madrid (25.95 qualifies for final on Saturday with fastest prelim time)  200m Prelims-Sydney King-Ogden (27.58 finishes 13th overall)  200m prelims […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER Perry over Boone 10-0 (1st Round Districts)     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Ogden over Perry 7-2     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER Perry at Boone (Regionals)     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Dallas Center Grimes at Boone