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 […]

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 TeamBrody Buck (JR) Madrid 17.3ppg 5.2rpg 2.7apg 37.5% 3ptToryn Severson (JR) Madrid 22.6ppg 5.6rpg 2.4apg 39.1% 3ptFabian Ortiz-Alaniz (JR) Madrid 15.4ppg 6.5apg 1.8spg 41.5% 3ptCarson Van Sickle (SR) Ogden 15.2ppg 4.6rpg 3.4apg 2.5spgTyson Shivers (JR) Boone 8.4ppg 10.4rpg 1.5bpg 58.9% FG2nd TeamWes Van Pelt (JR) Boone 10.5ppg 1.7apg 32% 3ptBraden Brooks (JR) Boone 9.0ppg […]

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 TeamErin Ades (SR) Boone 15.3ppg 6.1rpg 2.5spg 1.0apgSydney Adams (JR) Boone 8.9ppg 3.2rpg 2.0spgEmma Moorman (SR) Ogden 5.5ppg 3.7rpg 1.6apg 2.5spgAubrey Leonard (Soph) Ogden 5.5ppg 4.0rpg 1.4apg 1.8spgLaura Eagleton (Soph) Madrid 8.0ppg 3.8rpg 1.2apg 34.8% 3pt2nd TeamLauren Mathews (Soph) Ogden 5.1ppg 4.1rpg 2.1spgLillie Ferguson (SR) Ogden 4.0ppg 2.0rpg 2.5spgChloe Buck (SR) Madrid 5.1ppg 5.9rpg […]

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 step […]