BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Attorney Matt Speers’ office provides a weekly summary of cases handled through the office. This week’s report includes information on sentencing in a couple of felony cases. The weekly report is available on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page.

BOONE, Iowa—Originally reported as an injury accident about 5:40 Thursday morning at “L” Avenue and 216th Drive between Boone and Ogden, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department has released information that there were actually no injuries. Authorities report that Jeffrey Chamberlin and Collin Merriam, both of Boone, were driving opposite directions and Merriam’s vehicle struck Chamberlin’s […]

Madrid over #9 Pekin 33-0. The Tigers improve to 8-2 on the season while Pekin ends their year at 8-2. Madrid will take on #3 Lisbon on November 8th at a site to be determined

BOONE, Iowa—Mavis Marie Swanson, daughter of Miles and Ruth (Linn) Carlson, was born April 14, 1939 in Pilot Mound, Iowa. She passed away at Westhaven Community in Boone, Iowa on October 30, 2024 at the age of 85 years. Mavis grew up in Pilot Mound, Iowa and graduated from Pilot Mound Consolidated Schools. On November […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Fire Chiefs in Boone County have agreed to rescind the Burn Ban effective immediately. The Fire Chiefs in Boone County submitted the request which went into effect on October 10th. After rain this week and rain expected over the weekend, and the fact that most harvest activity has been completed, led to the […]

Emma Thomas of Boone finishes 58th in the 3A Girls State Cross Country Meet in Fort Dodge on Friday Morning. Thomas’ time was 20.13 as the Sophomore made her 2nd consecutive appearance at the State Meet.

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY  HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL  Pekin at Madrid (6:15pm on KWBG)  Class A 2nd Round Playoffs  MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL  DMACC vs Missouri State West Plains   (Southeastern Classic)