DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has released its fourth-quarter Economic Outlook Survey for 2022. The report measures member expectations for sales, capital spending and employment for the next six months. If the index measures above 50, sentiment is positive. The fourth-quarter survey’s overall economic outlook index is 59.26, up 0.51 index points from […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLDMACC over John Wood 76-53 LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIMMINGGrinnell at Boone HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WRESTLINGBoone vs Perry and Bondurant Farrar at BondurantAububon, Earlham and Southeast Valley at Ogden HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALLColo Nesco at Madrid

BOONE, Iowa—Speaking at the city council’s first meeting of the new year, Mayor John Slight andcouncil members encouraged Boone residents to sign up on the City’s website for ongoing information updates. “The process is very simple and takes less than a minute to complete. Getting the ball rolling is as simple as logging onto www.boonegov.com, […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Hospital new CEO of Boone County Hospital Mikaela Kienitz, RN, MSN, FACHE, is on board officially starting January 3rd.  Mikaela comes to Boone County Hospital from Compass Memorial Healthcare in Marengo, Iowa. She was employed there since 2001 and most recently was the Chief Operating Officer where she directed administrative and […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council has voted to go with a special election to fill a vacancy created on the council with the recent resignation of At-large councilmember Steven Ray. Traditionally the council has gone with an appointment to fill a short term vacancy, in this case until the municipal election in November. However, the […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALLCarroll over Boone 57-25Van Meter over Ogden 50-34 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALLCarroll over Boone 59-48Van Meter over Ogden 67-46Madrid over Woodward Academy 80-27 LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLDMACC at John Wood