BOONE, Iowa—Even with the heat and rain chances early this week, work continues to try and complete the second phase of the Story Street Mill and Overlay project. This week, the 9th Street crossing was blocked off and work began on the Decorative Concrete crosswalks. The intersections at 7th and 8th Streets were completed last […]

BOONE, Iowa—With many people trying to figure out the easiest way to get around Boone, Boone Public Works has announced another matter to consider. Today (Tuesday) they announced that the 1300 Block of South Marshall Street will be closed from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. for sewer work. That will be the area south of […]

BOONE, Iowa—Fareway Stores, Inc. is partnering with The Iowa Wave Shirt to conduct the fourth annual Round Up at the register from August 26 – September 7 at all Iowa store locations, the two weeks ahead of the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game. Customers will have the opportunity to round up to the next […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Firefighters spent four hours Tuesday morning extinguishing a house fire at 1239 8th Street in Boone, east of the intersection of Benton and 8th Street. Firefighters responded to the call about 1:30 a.m. today and returned to the station about 5:30 a.m. Firefighters report the most serious damage was contained to one room, […]

BOONE, Iowa—Casey’s General Stores has requested that Boone County rezone just under four acres of land on the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 30 and Highway 17 from agricultural to commercial to allow for the construction of another Casey’s location. The proposed site would have access off Highway 17 and would be located next to […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Zoning Commission has recommended approval of two conditional use permits and recommended not approving a third. The actions followed hearings during the regular meeting of Boone County Zoning Monday. The most controversial was a request for a Conditional Use Permit to locate what county staff referred to a camp ground with […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service Office in Des Moines has provided updated information about heat and possible severe storms for today. A few severe storms are possible over central into eastern Iowa today while hot and humid weather persists over southeast into eastern Iowa today. (contributed information, NWS)

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