BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Sheriff Gregg Elsberry has reported that the Boone County Communications Center received a call Monday morning approximately at 10:06 reporting a man pinned under a tractor in the 500-block of Juniper Road. Elsberry says that 73 year old Kenneth Arnold was attempting to pull a tree that had been cut down out […]

BOONE, Iowa—Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. In the past several years, a number of people have taken up the sport locally and have traditionally gathers at Memorial Park in Boone to play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:00.                 […]

BOONE, Iowa—One of the Boone School District projects that will get early notice will be the high school gymnasium. Work began on the renovation in March with a completion date for the start of school this month. Besides the massive renovation, upgraded HVAC has been included. That portion of the project could be touch and […]

BOONE, Iowa—The 45th Pufferbilly Days™ officially kicked off Friday afternoon. Part of the ceremony for the City of Boone is to recognize and individual with a Community Dedication Award. The 2022 Community Dedication Award went to Mike Newbold was nominated by community members and selected for his commitment and support of a wide range of […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council Weekly Water Watch report shows that the number of beaches at state parks. The actual testing of the water is conducted by the Iowa DNR. There are 10 beach advisories for the week of 8/5 10 Beaches with an E. coli-related Advisory: Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The U.S. Drought Monitor this week shows an increase in dry conditions in Iowa. The extreme drought area in Northwest Iowa remains unchanged while the area identified has having severe drought conditions had a slight increase as did the area that’s abnormally dry. The largest increase is in the moderate drought area which […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Saturday afternoon and evening. Temperatures and humidity are expected to drive the Heat Index into the 102° to 107° range locally. URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 251 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022 IAZ033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-051600- /O.NEW.KDMX.HT.Y.0008.220806T1700Z-220807T0200Z/ Sac-Calhoun-Webster-Hamilton-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-Crawford- Carroll-Greene-Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas- […]