BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School Board on Friday, held the second ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Crossroads Learning Hub, located on West 8th Street. The building was designed by 10Fold Architecture and Engineering from Ames. Grabau Construction was the general contractor. Funding for the construction of the Crossroads Learning Hub comes from the state’s one-cent […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—There was some improvement in the U.S. Drought Monitor map this week. That direction won’t continue with the hot and dry conditions expected over the next several days. There were a few areas that actually improved quite a bit, but northeast Iowa was not one of those areas. Boone County remains Abnormally Dry. […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service continues to provide updated information about the excessive heart moving into central Iowa. The heat wave is expected over the weekend and extend into next week. (contributed information, NWS)

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Weekly Water Watch from the Iowa Environmental Council has the list of beaches with advisory’s and notifications. The advisories are the result of testing done by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. There are 17 beach advisories for the week of 8/18 15 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)*Bobwhite Beach (Allerton, Wayne […]

BOONE, Iowa—Thomas Michael Hamil, 72, Boone, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2023. He was born on March 12, 1951, in Boone, Iowa, the Son of William and Mary (Frederick) Hamil. On June 23, 1972, he married Francine Gibson at the Evangelical Free Church in Boone, Iowa. He was a Boone High School Graduate and […]

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BOONE, Iowa—An eight-unit residential development is among 59 statewide projects that will receive state tax credits to develop more housing opportunities, Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority have announced. Ringold Estates, located at 722 Ringgold Street and being developed by Empire Realty, LLC, will receive a workforce housing tax credit of $240,000 […]

BOONE, Iowa—Maurice “Maury” Duane Baldus died peacefully at Westhaven Community on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in Boone, Iowa, at the age of 89. Maury was born on August 10, 1934 in Story County, Iowa to Alfred and Anselma Baldus. After graduating from Jordan High School in 1952, Maury worked on a family farm. In 1957, […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Advisory for much of central Iowa from this weekend into next week. (contributed information, NWS)

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School Board held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the district’s new early childhood center, the Ledges Elementary School on Hancock Drive. Students from Pre-School, Transitional Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st Grade will be housed in the new building. School Board President Jeremy Pritchard said a lot of effort went into making the new […]