The 9th ranked Madrid Tigers qualified for their first ever state tournament with a 70-54 win over #8 Baxter on Saturday night in Huxley. The Tigers lead from tipoff to final horn. 18-8 after one quarter, 32-23 at halftime, and 46-40 after three quarters. Madrid held Baxter leading scorer Carson Scroggins to 9 points (11 […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Attorney Matt Speers office releases a brief summary of weekly court cases on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page. This weeks summary is available here.

It all comes down to this. Class 1A Boys Substate Basketball tonight on AM1590/FM 101.5 and kwbg.com as #9 Madrid (21-2) takes on #8 Baxter (20-1) from Ballard High School in Huxley. Tipoff is slated for 7:30pm. The Tigers look for their first ever state appearance if they can knock off a Baxter team that […]

BOONE, Iowa—Sandra Sue (Underwood) Foote, a loving mom, grandma, great-grandma (GiGi), sister and aunt, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 23, 2023. She was a “small town girl” who met and married Richard Foote in 1964. In 1971, they settled in the Chicago suburbs and together they raised their family of son, Michael, and daughter, […]

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LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL3A Substate Semifinal#7 North Polk over Boone 54-26 (Boone ends their season 7-15) WOMEN’s COLLEGE BASKETBALLKirkwood over DMACC 72-55 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALLKirkwood over DMACC 67-66

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DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines has released the second Spring Flood and Water Resource Outlook for the end of February into May. It includes rivers and tributaries in north central , central and south central Iowa. The third outlook will be released March 9th. The first briefing showed a chance […]