LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALLCarlisle at BooneMadrid at Ogden (7pm on KWBG) HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALLCarlisle at BooneMadrid at Ogden

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Environmental Council has released the list of beaches with advisories for this weekend, as determined by information from the Iowa DNR’s monitoring program. There are 5 beach advisories for the week of 6/9 5 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, Franklin County, IA)*Lower Pine Lake Beach (Eldora, Hardin County, IA)*McIntosh Woods Beach (Clear Lake, […]

BOONE, Iowa—On Monday, June 5th, Fareway Stores, Inc. and Alliant Energy officially broke ground on a 1-megawatt solar field that will be constructed in the Boone Industrial Park adjacent to Fareway’s campus in Boone, Iowa.   Incorporating sustainable practices throughout their stores since the beginning, Fareway recently celebrated their 85-year anniversary of green initiatives. The company’s sustainable practices have included recycling, reusing, reclaiming and now solar.  “We are proud to extend our tradition of sustainable practices and look forward to advancing our initiatives in partnership with Alliant Energy,” said Fareway President Garrett S. Piklapp. “From our store operations to charitable […]

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BOONE, Iowa—This weeks information from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that virtually all of Iowa has some form of drought like conditions. The biggest share of the state is considered to be abnormally dry, but both Moderate and Severe Drought conditions have expanded. With the release of this week’s data, the state has been put […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released updated information on the weekly fuel report. The price of regular unleaded gasoline did decline again falling 2 cents, averaging $3.35 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil rose this week on the West Texas Intermediate […]

BOONE, Iowa—Ross L. Loudon, 82, of Boone, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Ross was born on April 9, 1941, in Ringgold County Iowa, the son of Lawrence and Dorothy (Foster) Loudon. He graduated […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALLBondurant Farrar over Boone 4-1 Des Moines Christian over Ogden 10-3 and 11-1 Earlham over Madrid 10-0 and 18-0 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALLBondurant Farrar over Boone 6-2 Ogden over Des Moines Christian 1-0 and 5-0 Madrid over Earlham 7-6Earlham over Madrid 17-2 LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALLUrbandale at […]