BOONE, Iowa—A four-session Women Marketing Grain Series will be offered to assist women in developing plans for marketing old and new crop corn and soybeans. The series will begin on Thursday evening, June 6, and meets over four consecutive Thursday evenings – June 13, 20, and 27, at the DMACC Boone Campus, 1125 Hancock Dr. […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa State Patrol has released information from the two-vehicle accident that occurred on the south side of Boone Tuesday afternoon, closing the east bound lands of U.S. Highway 30 for about three-and-a-half hours.  The report of the accident was received at the Boone County Communications Center at 2:10 p.m. after a vehicle, operated […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Tuesday 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. “The Corn Belt is stuck in a weather pattern that’s creating persistent, wet conditions,” said Secretary Naig. “This is causing […]

  ANKENY, Iowa—DMACC, the largest undergraduate college in Iowa, has named Dr. Jennifer Foster as Academic Dean, Industry & Technology. In her new role, Dr. Foster will serve as the district-wide chief administrative officer of departments and programs within the academic division of Industry & Technology beginning July 1. Dr. Foster has served as Associate […]

BOONE, Iowa===The forty-second annual High School Equivalency Test (HiSET)/High School Adult Diploma Graduation Ceremony will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 20 in the DMACC Boone Campus Auditorium. Shelli Allen, DMACC’s Vice President for Enrollment Services, will be the speaker. Following the ceremony, there will be a reception in the L.W. Courter Center on the […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Police have closed east bound U.S. Highway 30 on the south side of Boone due to an accident.  The closure according to the city information is between South Story Street and Southeast Marshall Street.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Municipal Band, under the direction of Chris Truckenmiller, will begin their regular summer season of Wednesday evening concerts at the Herman Park Pavilion, this Wednesday, May 29th at 7:30 p.m. The season’s first concert will include these selections: “Maxi March,” “Where Eagles Soar,” “Charlie Chaplin,” “Call to Victory,” “Amazing Grace,” a small […]

Linwood Cemetery is preparing for the holiday. Just a reminder from the Boone Park Commission action from July 2014, unfilled urns or vases will be permitted to remain on grave sites at Boone’s Linwood Park Cemetery for 5 days before and 5 days after the observed (Monday holiday) of Memorial Day of each year.  

There are only 9 short days left to submit your application for deer hunting in Iowa this fall. Here are a few tips and reminders: If you’re applying for the first time, upload your hunter safety certificate to your account Documents folder or email it to webmaster@dnr.iowa.gov. It will be verified and added to your account before you […]