BOONE, Iowa—The Annual Meeting for the Ledges State Park was held at the Boone City Hall Auditorium on Thursday evening. Staff from the Ledges took time to review the activities of 2022, talked about some of the plans for this year, 2023 and took a look at how many of this years activities will lead […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone City Building Official Ed Higgins will be retiring by the end of the month and the Boone City Council took time to recognize Higgins for his 31 years of service to the community. Boone Mayor John Slight presented Higgins with a Service Award during Monday nights City Council meeting. Higgins began his service […]

OGDEN, Iowa—Ethan Bailey as been named the new Police Chief for Ogden. Bailey will replace his father Mick Bailey who retired at the end of 2022. Ogden Mayor Mark Trueblood officially announced that Ethan Bailey would fill the position during this week’s Ogden City Council meeting. He said Bailey was selected interviews with two candidates. […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Hospital new CEO of Boone County Hospital Mikaela Kienitz, RN, MSN, FACHE, is on board officially starting January 3rd.  Mikaela comes to Boone County Hospital from Compass Memorial Healthcare in Marengo, Iowa. She was employed there since 2001 and most recently was the Chief Operating Officer where she directed administrative and […]

BOONE, Iowa—The First Day Hike Challenge drew an estimated 125 to the Ledges State Park Sunday morning. Park Manager Andy Bartlett said this week that good weather usually draws a good turnout for the event that includes a guided 1.5 mile hike. This year, hikers gathered at the Oak Woods Shelter and Park Ranger Klint […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County District Court Judge John Flynn delivered the Oath of Office to recently elected and re-elected Boone County office holders. Those re-elected include County Attorney Matthew Speers and County Treasurer Lauren Novak. Deputy Treasurer Melisa Stevens also took the Oath of Office. Newly elected to office, Shawn Bryant and Erin Canfield were also […]

We had the most ever completed entries for the Christmas Light Scavenger Hunt, brought to you by Ogden Telephone Company. Kelsey Burger, and her 5 year old helper, Boden, had their card drawn from all the entries!

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DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines continues to provide updated information on the expected winter storm that will affect Iowa. URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 347 AM CST Tue Dec 20 2022 …Significant Winter Storm with Possible Blizzard Conditions and Extreme Cold Mid to Late […]