BOONE, Iowa—It’s been at least five years since the Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 paid a visit to Boone. The locomotive began the “Heartland of America Tour”, Wednesday August 28th for Cheyenne, Wyoming headed to Rochelle, Illinois. One of the overnight stops will be in Boone. The locomotive departs Council Bluffs Wednesday morning with […]

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OGDEN, Iowa—Terence D. Myers, 49, of Ogden, passed away on August 31, 2024, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Cremation has taken place. A celebration of life service will be held at a later date. If anyone wants to send flowers for the service, please do not send roses, because […]

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LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY  HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL  Boone at North Polk (7:15pm on KWBG)   Ogden, Greene County, Roland Story and Ames at Kuemper  HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY  Boone at Webster City Invite  HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SWIMMING  Boone, Oskaloosa and Vinton Shellsburg at Grinnell  COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL  William Penn JV at DMACC 

BOONE, Iowa—Darwin Dale Madden, Sr., 84, formerly of Stanhope, passed away Thursday, August 29, 2024, at the Israel Family Hospice House, in Ames. Darwin was born on May 28, 1940, in Mackey, Iowa, the son of Roy Henry and Fern Pansy (Smalley) Madden. He grew up in Mackey with his siblings: one brother – DeWayne […]

BOONE, Iowa—Judy Ann Shafer, 74, of Boone, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at the Open Bible Church, 1224 Hancock Drive, Boone. Burial will be in Bass Point Cemetery, Boone. Judy was born […]