Ajay Braddock was champion in his weight class for the Boone boys’ wrestling team at the Raccoon River Conference Tournament Saturday, February 1, at Adel. 

Rylin Casey, Sydney King and Grace Hammer all placed 2nd in their weight classes at the Class 1A regional girls’ wrestling meet Friday, January 31, at Colfax, which qualified them for state. 

Cadence Heggen placed 1st and Poppy Malone and McKayla Silbaugh placed 2nd at the Class 2A regional girls wrestling meet Friday, January 31, in Ames, which qualified them for state. 

ANKENY, Iowa—DMACC student enrollment surged in the spring semester with DMACC traditional credit enrollment up 4.2 percent over the same time last year as noted in the College’s official headcount count that will be forwarded to the Iowa Department of Education (IDOE). That increase translates into an overall enrollment total of 10,591 regular full and part time […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone City Administrator Bill Skare announced to the Boone City Council Monday that he will be retiring at the end of the fiscal year. Skare has spent 35 years in various positions in Boone, the most recent as City Administrator. He’s been the Boone Public Safety Director and Boone Police Chief. He started his […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Kristine “Tina” Fisher, 77, of Boone, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2025, at her home.Kristine was born February 27, 1947, in Hibbing, MN, the daughter of James P. and Lorraine (Hedman) Belluci. She grew up in Boone and graduated from Boone High School, and worked at her parents’ pizza place, Belluci’s Pizza. After high […]

BOONE, Iowa—Michael Jay Paul “Mike” of Boone, Iowa, passed away peacefully in his home on the morning of January 31, 2025. Mike is survived by his parents, Jerry and Sara Paul; his partner, Pamela Walker; his siblings, Quint (Laura) Paul, Nancy (Pete) Cherkas, and Karen Jolley; his children, JW (Amy) Weddle, Brandon (Rayne) Wright, Jessica […]

BOONE, Iowa—Elizabeth “Elly” Jane Hall, born on July 22, 1980, to Robert and Patricia (Boyer) Hall in Boone, Iowa, and passed away unexpectedly at her home in Boone on January 22, 2025, at the age of 44, due to bilateral pulmonary embolism.Elly’s childhood was spent running around the neighborhood with her sisters Courtney and Aubry, […]

The Ogden basketball teams hosted Des Moines Christian Friday, January 31, with the girls losing, 73-13, followed by the boys losing, 86-27, in West Central conference play.