BOONE, Iowa—APEX Clean Energy will be conducting additional preparation in Boone County for the Great Pathfinder Windfarm, located in northern Boone County. County Engineer Scott Kruse announced the next step, a plan to use cement stabilization on some of the roads affected by the project. Kruse told the Boone County Supervisors the work could begin […]

BOONE, Iowa—The reconstruction of the Boone High School Gymnasium coincides with an upgrade to the HVAC system in the 1986 portion of the High School. The projects are expected to be completed by the time school resumes in August. 10Fold Architecture and Engineering in Ames has been working with the school district on the high […]

Boone Girls Tennis Results from May 17th (Regional Team Tennis)   Union Results   The team is now in the Sweet Sixteen, with their next match being on Saturday, May 20th, at Byrnes Park, where they will face Columbus of Waterloo, a perennial top four team in 1A.  This match is scheduled for 9:00 AM, […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS Boone over Union Community 5-0 (Regional Team)     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS Boone vs Fairfield Maharishi (Substate Team Final)     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Norwalk at Boone

BOONE, Iowa—The newest member of the Boone Police Department was sworn in at the Monday meeting of the Boone City Council. Tina Ann Lair-Van Meter took the oath of office and fills a vacancy on the department. Chief John Wiebold says the Lair-Van Meter joined the most recent group of candidates and quickly became a […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented Monday on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November.“Very hot temperatures and drier than normal conditions last week allowed farmers to make significant planting progress across much of Iowa,” said […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Community School District has made available a Special Graduation Edition of Toreador Times.                     (contributed information, BCSD)

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, legislation to modernize the National Weather Service’s (NWS) outdated emergency communications network – NWS Chat – and originally sponsored by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) passed out of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee by a unanimous voice vote. It now proceeds to the House Floor for a full vote by the […]