BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works has announced that construction on the extension of Hancock Drive to Corporal Roger Snedden Drive will cause travel to be reduced to one-lane Tuesday. Those traveling on Corporal Roger Snedden Drive are urged to use caution.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council’s Economic Development Committee will consider a proposed agreement with Kading Properties of Urbandale for a housing development on property in the southwest part of the city. Kading Properties offered a proposal for a development on 15-acres they wanted to acquire from the city. The purchase proposal was received in January […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works announced that utility work will lead to the closing of a portion of South Marshall Street Monday through Saturday evening and also on South Story Street Tuesday through Thursday. Both closures are in the same general area, on Marshall Street, traffic will be affected around Boone County Family Medicine South and […]

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BOONE, Iowa—A 41 year old Boone man is hospitalized in Des Moines following a Friday morning accident that occurred west of Ogden on U.S. Highway 30 at “E” Avenue. According to the initial crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Erik Creger was headed west, making a left turn at “E” […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Attorney Matt Speers office has released the weekly summary of cases handled through the County Attorney’s office. The summary is made available on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page.

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council’s Weekly Water Watch shows the number of beach advisories is down this week. The advisories recently have been related to exposure of E. coli. There are 2 beach advisories for the week of 6/16 2 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*McIntosh Woods Beach (Clear Lake, Ventura, Cerro Gordo […]

URBANDALE, Iowa—Brett King, HIRTA driver in multiple areas, was recognized during the 2023 Iowa Public Transit Association (IPTA) Annual Meeting and Training Conference as HIRTA’s Driver of the Year. To be considered for driver of the year, drivers must work at least 780 hours, have no fault accidents or moving violations, work at least 95% […]

BOONE, Iowa—The 31st annual Iowa Municipal Band Festival will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, July 8th, at Herman Park Pavilion in Boone, Iowa. The Iowa Western Community Band will travel from Council Bluffs to make its first festival appearance and will play at 2:00. The Ames Municipal Band and Boone Municipal […]