BOONE, Iowa—The James H. Andrew Museum and History Center at the Boone And Scenic Valley Railroad has hosted five-free presentations by various railroad historians so far this year.  The sixth and final event is scheduled for Saturday afternoon and Mike Wendel says they are pleased to present a renowned speaker to wrap up this season. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Landfill Administrator, Lois Powers has announced plans to shut down the landfill operations the end of the month for a much needed scale replacement project. According to Powers, a date has been set for the replacement of the scale at the Boone County Landfill.  The deck will need to be removed on […]

ANKENY, Iowa—DMACC, the largest undergraduate college in Iowa, has been named one of the state’s best employers in 2019, according to a new ranking by Forbes Magazine. Forbes released its inaugural list of “America’s Best Employers by State” last week. The ranking included three higher education institutions in Iowa – the University of Iowa, Iowa State […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works has announced that a portion of West 2nd Street in the 300-block will be closed to traffic for a couple of weeks due to the work being done in connection with the Destiny Homes Development in the old trailer court property.  For home owners, driveways are expected to remain open.  Destiny […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Farmers finally got a much needed break from the rain and were able to make significant progress on fieldwork,” said […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Municipal Band will perform it’s third regular concert, Wednesday evening at the Herman Park Pavilion.  This weeks selections will include Anitschka, Washington Post March, Our Yesterdays Lengthen Like Shadows, The Beauty and the Beast, Cinema Paradiso (Sax Solo) and Sea Wise March.  Again this week, a small group has been scheduled to […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public works had several projects that were budgeted to be completed during the current fiscal year and the final one is scheduled to start this week.  Projects during this fiscal year included resurfacing the road through McHose Park, a stretch of Industrial Park Road, a portion of Park Avenue, all completed in the […]

ANKENY, Iowa—Funding for the new Future Ready Iowa Last-Dollar Scholarship, which Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced last week, will be available to qualified DMACC students on a first-come, first-served basis for the 2019-20 academic year. The Last-Dollar Scholarship will cover tuition for qualified students in eligible DMACC programs that lead to high-demand jobs in Iowa. If other […]