VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—For the second year in a row, the Boone Community School District had a candidate in the finals of “America’s Next Great Intern” contest. This year Boone Iowa’s own Gracie Gustafson is America’s Next Great Intern. The senior at Boone Community School District competed against nearly 200 hundred high school students nationwide and […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The City of Boone April Newsletter contains the information for the City-Wide Clean-up in June. Public Works has seen and increase in residents abusing the service and is emphasizing they will not be picking up house hold trash. This year Pickett Salvage will be participating with the collection of white metal (appliances). Please also […]

BOONE, Iowa—James “Jim” H. Olson, 88, of Boone, Iowa, passed away on April 9, 2024. Jim was born on a farm south of Roland, Iowa, on August 30, 1935, to Magnus and Ella (Hall) Olson. He attended the Roland schools and graduated with the class of 1953. Jim attended Waldorf College and graduated from the […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship released the weekly fuel report on Wednesday and the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose 6 cents, averaging $3.33 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $.29 per […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY  HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER  Boone over Ballard 3-0  HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER  Boone over Ballard 3-1  COLLEGE SOFTBALL  DMACC over Ellsworth 17-3 and 16-7  COLLEGE BASEBALL  DMACC over Marshalltown 8-7  LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY  HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS  Boone and South Tama at Grinnell   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TRACK  Boone and […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Community School District is thrilled to announce that Ledges ElementarySchool has been honored with the Masonry Institute of Iowa (MII) Appreciation Award. This award recognizes Ledges Elementary’s outstanding contributions to the masonry industry andits impactful presence within the community. Seedorff Masonry, Inc. nominated Ledges Elementaryfor the award in recognition of their outstanding work […]

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