BOONE, Iowa—Joseph Slight, a seven year member of the Boone Police Department was promoted to Sergeant on the department, filling a vacancy created when Cory Rose resigned and accepted a position with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. Boone Police Chief John Wiebold said the department has been blessed with very good officers. He said Slight […]

BOONE, Iowa—The National Weather Service updated drought information today, using this weeks map by the U.S. Drought monitor. A week ago, drought conditions were expanding, and this week, Boone County is now included in the abnormally dry area or D0. Little change has occurred in northwest Iowa where extreme drought has been an issue since […]

BOONE, Iowa—Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. In the past several years, a number of people have taken up the sport locally and have traditionally gathers at Memorial Park in Boone to play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:00.                 […]

BOONE, Iowa—One of the Boone School District projects that will get early notice will be the high school gymnasium. Work began on the renovation in March with a completion date for the start of school this month. Besides the massive renovation, upgraded HVAC has been included. That portion of the project could be touch and […]

BOONE, Iowa—The 45th Pufferbilly Days™ officially kicked off Friday afternoon. Part of the ceremony for the City of Boone is to recognize and individual with a Community Dedication Award. The 2022 Community Dedication Award went to Mike Newbold was nominated by community members and selected for his commitment and support of a wide range of […]

BOONE, Iowa—A break from the hot, humid weather has given volunteers a break for setting up for the 2022 Pufferbilly Days™ Celebration. The 45th Pufferbilly Days™ takes place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers will also be needed for clean-up Sunday.                

BOONE, Iowa—Nicholas Upah was officially sworn in as a full-time member of the Boone Fire Department during Monday’s Boone City Council meeting. Upah has served as a Paid On Call member of the department for 18 months according to Fire Chief Justin Adams. Upah was selected after completing the Civil Service process. He’s also scheduled […]

All Boone County 1st Team Baseball  1B: Jake Hightshoe-Boone (JR) .388avg 2HR 28RBI .958Fielding % 2B: Kaden Moorman-Ogden (SR) .284avg 0HR 12RBI 23Runs SS: Dylan England-Boone (FR) .358avg 2HR 32RBI 31Runs 3B: Evan Behn-Boone (SR) .505avg 5HR 42RBI 14Doubles C: Martin Smith-Boone (Soph) .297avg 0HR 20RBI 27Hits P: Stellen Wagner-Ogden (JR) 8-2 2.59ERA 55k’s 56 2/3 […]

All Boone County 1st Team Softball 1B: Zella Mount-Ogden (JR) .333avg 0HR 21RBI 32Hits 2B: Aleah Utterback-Madrid (JR) .402avg 0HR 9RBI 27SB SS: Erin Ades-Boone (Soph) .405avg 8HR 47RBI 15Doubles 3B: Camryn Askelsen-Ogden (8th) .417avg 0HR 6RBI 10Hits (Played in 16 total games) C: Harleigh Janssen-Ogden (8th) .315avg 0HR 13RBI 11runners thrown out trying to steal […]

BOONE, Iowa—The official Grand Opening and ribbon cutting for Rail Explorers® was held right on time Thursday at the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad in Boone, Iowa. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds took part in the event and even took in a short ride to try out the pedal-assisted railbikes. Rail Explorers: Boone IA Division is […]