OGDEN, Iowa—Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity officially broke ground on it’s next full home build in Ogden on Sunday afternoon. The project is the 32nd full build since Habitat started and is the fifth home to be constructed in Ogden, thanks to a contribution of a building lot from Zion Lutheran Church. The partner […]

BOONE, Iowa—Ledges State Park Manager Andy Bartlett noted in a recent press release that since August of 2023, chainsaw crews from Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa, volunteers, and park staff have contributed hundreds of hours of work removing invasive shrubs from natural areas around the park. Over 40 acres of the woody invaders have been cut, […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Outdoor Piano is back downtown after extensive work by Chuck Behm. The piano is nothing like the original and has been weather proofed as much as possible. The piano was moved to the Book Shoppe at 817 Story Street to start the season.

BOONE, Iowa—Drought conditions did not improve in the past week in the State of Iowa and locally in Boone County, conditions remained unchanged with the entire county considered to be in Severe Drought. Overall, the entire state now had nearly 85% in some form of drought with the largest increase in the past week in […]

1st Team Brody Buck (JR) Madrid 17.3ppg 5.2rpg 2.7apg 37.5% 3pt Toryn Severson (JR) Madrid 22.6ppg 5.6rpg 2.4apg 39.1% 3pt Fabian Ortiz-Alaniz (JR) Madrid 15.4ppg 6.5apg 1.8spg 41.5% 3pt Carson Van Sickle (SR) Ogden 15.2ppg 4.6rpg 3.4apg 2.5spg Tyson Shivers (JR) Boone 8.4ppg 10.4rpg 1.5bpg 58.9% FG 2nd Team Wes Van Pelt (JR) Boone 10.5ppg […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Supervisors took time out of their meeting Monday to sign off on a proclamation presented by Brittany Rice of Community and Family Resources. The proclamation if for Problem Gambling Awareness Month, recognized during March. Rice said it’s certainly tied to March Madness. She also talked to the Supervisors about the gambling […]

1st Team Erin Ades (SR) Boone 15.3ppg 6.1rpg 2.5spg 1.0apg Sydney Adams (JR) Boone 8.9ppg 3.2rpg 2.0spg Emma Moorman (SR) Ogden 5.5ppg 3.7rpg 1.6apg 2.5spg Aubrey Leonard (Soph) Ogden 5.5ppg 4.0rpg 1.4apg 1.8spg Laura Eagleton (Soph) Madrid 8.0ppg 3.8rpg 1.2apg 34.8% 3pt 2nd Team Lauren Mathews (Soph) Ogden 5.1ppg 4.1rpg 2.1spg Lillie Ferguson (SR) Ogden […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone’s effort to become a Main Street Iowa (MSI) community is advancing as the Downtown Boone volunteer committee spearheads the drive in conjunction with the City of Boone, the Boone County Chamber and others. The two groups signed a letter-of-intent earlier in February. Submitting that letter of intent to the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) is an early required […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning covering much of Iowa on Monday. …Extreme Fire Weather Conditions Monday… .Record breaking warmth on Monday will combine with winds out of the southwest gusting over 35 mph at times and relative humidity dropping under 25 percent. This will result in extreme fire […]

BOONE, Iowa—Iowa Senator Joni Ernst held a public townhall meeting at the Central Iowa Expo Building Friday afternoon. Ernst responded to a number of questions and was frustrated that congress failed to pass the bipartisan border legislation earlier this month. Ernst said she supported the legislation because for the first time in decades, a change […]