BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works and the Parks Department are moving quickly to get started on the planned Story Street Downtown Mill and Overlay Project. The first thing up is the removal of the larger trees at select locations downtown. Work began on tree removal between 7th Street and 9th Street will be Wednesday and Thursday. […]

BOONE, Iowa—U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Administrator for the Rural Business-Cooperative Service Betsy Dirksen Londrigan today toured a new facility at Landus Cooperative in Boone and participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to highlight the Agency’s investments in the bioeconomy. Landus Cooperative is the largest agricultural cooperative in Iowa, providing products and services to 7,000 farmer […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—For the first time in four years, there are no drought conditions in Iowa. About 25% of the state is considered Abnormally Dry with most of that focused in Eastern Iowa. However, there is a portion of Boone County considered Abnormally Dry and that’s about 30% of the southern part of the county. […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Memorial Day Ceremony drew a nice crowd even though there was light rain showers and a rumble of thunder 45 minutes before the 10:30 scheduled start at the G.A.R. Plot at the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone Monday. Rain ended by 10:00 and sun was shining as the Boone Veterans Council, Boy […]

BOONE, Iowa—FFA’s The Big Event 2024 kicked off Spring Friday, May 10th as 14 members of the Boone FFA chapter performed incredible volunteer work for the James H. Andrew Railroad Museum at the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. FFA students tackled the following tasks; installed 80 bags of mulch in both museum gardens, cleaned inside […]

BOONE, Iowa—The 2024 DMACC Boone Campus Commencement Ceremony was held Friday morning in the DMACC Boone Campus Gymnasium. There were approximately 225 students graduating from the Boone Campus this spring. Katoya Jepson, a DMACC Psychology-transfer student from Elkhart welcomed family and friends. Dr. Zoe M Thornton, Associate Professor of Practice in Higher Education within the […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Park Commission, earlier this year, approved moving ahead with some new play equipment for Milwaukee Park. Milwaukee Park is located at 1614 Southeast Linn Street. The Park Commission has $50,000 budgeted for play equipment this fiscal year. The Park’s Department also received a grant to cover the cost of removing the old […]

BOONE, Iowa—Mother Nature delayed the recognition of Arbor Day in Boone pushing the formal ceremony off to Monday. Boone Mayor Eli Stines conducted the formal proclamation: https://www.kwbg.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Stines-Arbor-Day-Proclaimation-042924.mp3 Stines then joined Boone Park Superintendent Mike Cornelis for the ceremonial tree planting at Herman Park. Mike Cornelis on the left and Boone Mayor Eli Stines prepare to […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Hospital Foundation moved ahead Sunday night with the Project Be The Light Glow Event. Many that signed up stopped and picked up their event shirts and some captured the glowing moments. A few walked the track a Goeppinger Field, even in the light rain. The Glow Event still draws attention to […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines is preparing for Severe Summer Weather this week. Multiple rounds of severe weather are expected this weekend. All modes of severe weather, including large hail, damaging winds, tornadoes, and heavy rainfall are possible at times. The initial rounds of severe weather arrive throughout the day […]