BOONE, Iowa—The Heart of Iowa Athletic Conference has extended an invitation to the Boone School District to join their conference in the 2025-2026 school year. The Board is scheduled to begin discussion on the matter during a Work Session Meeting at 5:00 Monday afternoon in the Board Room at the High School. Information, including preferences […]

BOONE, Iowa—A repair project on the Des Moines River Bridge on Boone County Road E-57 (270th Street) will begin Monday, July 29th. The bridge will be closed starting Monday and the work is estimated to take 3 weeks weather dependent. The official detour shall be the following: L Ave (R18) to HWY 30 to Quill […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service Office in Des Moines has updated information about the expectation of severe storm potential later today, especially this afternoon and evening. Intense damaging wind gusts possible, especially east of I-35 and south of US 20. Heat wave statewide through Monday.  (contributed press release, NWS)

Following an opening round bye, the Boone Little league All Stars opened play Sunday representing the State of Iowa in the 2024 Little League Central Region Intermediate Baseball Tournament. Boone took advantage of an 8 run first inning and a timely RBI triple by Duke Darby late in the game to defeat Ohio 13-9. Darby connected on […]

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY  HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL  Ogden at East Marshall (LeGrand)   2A Regional Final  7pm on KWBG  HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL  Boone at Algona  3A Substate Semifinals 

DES MOINES, Iowa—There are a dozen beaches listed this week on the Iowa Environmental Council’s Weekly Water Watch Report. The Report is released Friday and uses information collected by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. There are 12 beach advisories for the week of 7/12 11 Beaches with an E. coli Advisory:Backbone Beach (Dundee, Delaware County, IA)* Beed’s Lake Beach (Hampton, […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the weekly fuel report and once again the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 4 cents, averaging $3.28 across Iowa according to AAA. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $.65 […]

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LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY  HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL  Mason City over Boone 9-7  4A Regionals  (Boone ends their season at 17-19)  LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY  HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL  Humboldt at Boone  3A Substate Quarterfinals  7pm on KWBG  HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL  Ogden at Regina Catholic (Iowa City)   2A Regional Semifinals