BOONE, Iowa—Darlene Bullard, 98, of Boone, Iowa, died on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at Westhaven Community in Boone.Darlene Jane (Blue) Bullard was born November 5, 1926, in Hampton, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Ella (Woolridge) Blue. She married Douglas Ross Bullard at her parents’ home in Hospers, Iowa, on August 17, 1948.Darlene attended Omaha […]

BOONE, Iowa—Jo Lynn (Cady) Cook, 78, of Dayton, IA, passed away on February 22, 2025, at Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, IA, surrounded by her loving husband Roger Cook and other family members.Jo was born on January 4, 1947, in Peoria, Illinois, to Vere and Virginia (“Ninna”) Cady. She grew up in Cedar Rapids, […]

https://www.kwbg.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Shawn-Bryant-Boone-County-Supervisor-033125.mp3Supervisor Shawn Bryant, Chairman, Boone County Supervisors

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Attorney Matt Speers’ office releases updates on cases handled by the office during the week. This week several people appeared for violating terms of release. The report is available on the Boone County Attorney’s Facebook page.

JEFFERSON, Iowa—The source of the dark and murky water in a stormwater drainage ditch near the North Raccoon River in Jefferson has been identified.On March 26, the DNR Field Office in Atlantic was notified of dark colored water observed in a stormwater ditch in Daubendiek Park on the southwest side of Jefferson, which drains to […]

Emma Wiebold won the discus as the Boone girls track team competed at the Carroll Early Bird meet Thursday, March 27, in Carroll. 

The Boone boys’ track team finished 2nd with 86 points at the Carroll Early Bird Invite Thursday, March 27. 

Lauren Dvorak won the discus, and Paige Richards won the 100-meter dash for the Madrid girls’ track team at the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Early Bird Coed Meet Thursday, March 27. 

The Madrid boys’ track team traveled to Adel-DeSoto-Minburn for the Early Bird Co-Ed Meet Thursday, March 27. The 4×100-meter relay of Loken Velky, Jacob Farrell, Jake Sawyer and Tyler Sonnenfelt placed 2nd in 44.29.