BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Democratic Party will host their annual “Democracy Ball” Saturday at the Central Iowa Expo east of Boone.  The fund raising opportunity will also feature at three committed Democratic Presidential hopefuls, Andrew Yang, Eric Swalwell and Tulsi Gabbard.  Other campaign representatives are expected to be on hand. Yang is an entrepreneur, politician, […]

ANKENY, Iowa—DMACC, the largest undergraduate college in Iowa, is headed to space! On April 30, NASA will send the next shipment of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station via the SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-17 rocket launch of a Cargo Dragon spacecraft, and an experiment utilizing algae grown in the DMACC Biotechnology Lab will be on […]

BOONE, Iowa—The demolition of the former Garfield Elementary School building on the west side of the city is underway.  Wisecup Trucking was selected to handle the demolition.  The city acquired the building from Boone Community Theatre at the end of 2018.  Since then, asbestos abatement has been completed in preparation for the demolition.  Once the […]

BOONE, Iowa—The 91st Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Boone Campus Commencement will take place at 10:00 a.m., Friday, May rd in the Boone Campus Gymnasium. More than 200 Boone Campus students will graduate this spring.  A reception will follow immediately after the commencement in the L.W. Courter Center. DMACC Boone Campus Liberal Arts student […]

ANKENY, Iowa—The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Alumni Association recently presented awards to former DMACC students.  

AMES, Iowa—America’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Iowa has chosen Sandy Ehrig as the recipient of the 2019 SBDC Champion Award. This honor was created to recognize business partners or individuals who go above and beyond to support small businesses in Iowa. The award was presented to Ehrig on April 11 at the Iowa Rural […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The price of retail diesel fuel in Iowa rose $.02 this week, closing the week at $3.00 per gallon. Crude Oil Summary The price of global crude oil rose this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $1.78 per barrel over last week, currently priced at $65.84. Brent crude oil rose $2.69 […]

BOONE, Iowa—Friends of the Ledges added to the funds they’ve been raising for their 2019 playground rejuvenation project at the Ledges State Park.  Pat Klinefelter of Ramsey Subaru presented Lisa Siders, Vice President of the Friends group, with a ceremonial check for $1,000 as a result of the Ledges winning the recent “Park Madness” competition […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa National Guard is hosting an open house until 4:00 this afternoon at the Aviation Support Facility.  The open house features the platoon that operates and supports the Prophet and Shadow drones.  Among those taking in the opportunity, students for Boone High School’s Aerospace  Engineering class, part of the district’s STEM Academy.  Shelly […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone is the best rising markets in Iowa based on increased home values over the past decade, home value forecasts, current year-over-year median sales price trends, 2018 building permits, and share of homeowners. Insurify released their list of city’s and the parameters used to make their determinations: There’s always buzz around the best cities […]