BOONE, Iowa—The 95th DMACC Boone Campus Commencement was held Friday morning in the Boone Campus Gymnasium. DMACC Boone Campus Journalism Transfer student Camry Jones of Okoboji will welcome family and friends to the graduation ceremony. Abby Howie, a Senior Vice President & Market President for Peoples Bank in Boone and a recent addition to the DMACC Foundation […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors took time during their meeting Wednesday morning to adopt a proclamation recognizing May 2023 as Mental Health Awareness Month. Several agencies have been putting out additional information about Mental Health Services available locally. The Ericson Public Library has had many of their partner agencies participating with special programming. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Arbor Day was recognized by the City of Boone last Friday. Boone Mayor John Slight issued a proclamation recognizing Arbor Day as April 28th in Boone and May as Arbor Month. This is the Mayoral Proclamation. The Boone Park Board serves as the Boone City Tree Board. Amy Landus and Emily Coll of the […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors Wednesday, joined Boone, Madrid and Ogden in approving a proclamation recognizing “Economic Development Week” May 8th thru the 12th. L-R Erich Kretzinger, Nikki Fischer, Bill Zinnel, Dan Culhane, Shawn Bryant

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Community Foundation Board has awarded $173,220 to 31 local organizations. These grant funds are anticipated to leverage another $8,771,669 in total project spending. The 31 grant recipients were announced on April 20. “We received 36 grant applications requesting $303,946. Our wishes are to grow the endowment resources as there are so […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call at 7:22 Thursday morning about a bus leaving the road on tipping onto it’s side. Sheriff Andy Godzicki reports that the accident in the 1700 block of 205th St east of Boone. Godzicki reported that there were about 15 children on the bus ranging in age from […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this morning spoke with students from Ogden High School in Boone County over breakfast during their annual senior trip to Washington, D.C. Grassley answered questions from students on how he got started in public service, participatory government and his use of social media.   Grassley said, “During my time in Iowa over Easter […]

OGDEN, Iowa—The family of the late Harold McComb of Ogden recognized their father and mother, Harold and Wilma McComb, with a donation that went to a service the family felt was essential to their community, the Ogden First Responders. The Ogden City Council took time during their meeting Tuesday for the donation to be made […]

BOONE, Iowa—Kyle Angstrom official took the oath of office and began serving at the At Large Council Member, filling the vacancy created with the resignation of Steven Ray at the end of December. Angstrom was selected by Boone voters in a Special Election on March 21st. Angstrom was also the Council Member that made a […]

BOONE, Iowa—YSS has organized the annual Teen Maze, being held this week on the Boone County Fairgrounds. The Teen Maze brings hundreds of volunteers together to host 7th grade students from Boone, Greene and Story County schools and give them an opportunity to make some real world decisions and deal with the consequences. Many Central […]