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Boone Mayor Eli Stines talks about this week's City Council meeting. The biggest issue to generate discussion was an amended Downtown Boone Main Street Agreement. The proposed an agreement that identified a voting board member on the Main Street Board as a Boone City Council member. The Main Street Board amended the language to a Boone City Official. The Boone City Council tabled action on the agreement to work out the differences. The Mayor talked about the issue and the hope that the matter can be resolved. Aired Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

Boone Mayor Eli Stines talks about this week’s City Council meeting. The biggest issue to generate discussion was an amended Downtown Boone Main Street Agreement. The proposed an agreement that identified a voting board member on the Main Street Board as a Boone City Council member. The Main Street Board amended the language to a Boone City Official. The Boone City Council tabled action on the agreement to work out the differences. The Mayor talked about the issue and the hope that the matter can be resolved. Aired Tuesday, December 17, 2024.

Posted on 17 December 2024 by KWBG

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Andy Bartlett, Manager, Ledges State Park talks about the upcoming annual meeting held by park staff to review the year and begin presenting information about what will be coming up in the next year, 2025. Bartlett says the DNR District Forester has created a draft Ledges State Park Forest Stewardship Plan. Public comments are being sought on the plan and it will be part of the meeting, Thursday, December 19th at 6:30 p.m. at the Boone City Hall Auditorium. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. Aired Monday, December 16, 2024.

Andy Bartlett, Manager, Ledges State Park talks about the upcoming annual meeting held by park staff to review the year and begin presenting information about what will be coming up in the next year, 2025. Bartlett says the DNR District Forester has created a draft Ledges State Park Forest Stewardship Plan. Public comments are being sought on the plan and it will be part of the meeting, Thursday, December 19th at 6:30 p.m. at the Boone City Hall Auditorium. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. Aired Monday, December 16, 2024.

Posted on 16 December 2024 by KWBG

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Reynolds Appoints State Senator Chris Cournoyer at Lieutenant Governor

Posted on 16 December 2024 by KWBG

DES MOINES, Iowa—Gov. Reynolds today announced she has appointed Chris Cournoyer as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Cournoyer, a resident of LeClaire, Iowa, was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018. She chaired the inaugural Technology committee, from which position she wrote and managed the legislation that made Iowa the sixth state in the nation to […]

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Boone County Conservation Confirms Avian Influenza in Bird at Don Williams

Boone County Conservation Confirms Avian Influenza in Bird at Don Williams

Posted on 16 December 2024 by KWBG

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Conservation staff has reported a positive case of Avian Influenza in a bird discovered at the Don Williams Recreational Area last week. Conservation staff released this information on the Boone County Conservation Facebook page today: Last week staff had spotted a goose out at the Don Williams Lake that was in […]

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Iowa Department of Agriculture Announces Another Bird Flu Case, Governor Extends Disaster Designation to O'Brien County

Iowa Department of Agriculture Announces Another Bird Flu Case, Governor Extends Disaster Designation to O’Brien County

Posted on 15 December 2024 by KWBG

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a commercial layer flock in O’Brien County, Iowa. This is Iowa’s eighth detection of H5N1 HPAI within poultry […]

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DNR Monitors Resurgence of Avian Influenza in Wild Game Birds

DNR Monitors Resurgence of Avian Influenza in Wild Game Birds

Posted on 13 December 2024 by KWBG

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and its federal partners have been monitoring for the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Iowa’s wild birds since early 2022. After nearly a year without detections in sick or dead birds, Iowa has seen a sharp jump in affected waterfowl across the state mostly, north of […]

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Page Playground Equipment Finds New Home

Posted on 13 December 2024 by KWBG

BOONE, Iowa—Neighbors of the now-vacant Page Elementary School have likely noticed that the playground equipment is gone. The building’s new owner – The Capstone Group, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization – plans torepurpose the abandoned campus into an apartment building starting early in 2025 with 28 units that will not receive government rent assistance. The company […]

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Weather Service Updates Hazardous Winter Weather

Posted on 13 December 2024 by KWBG

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service Office in Des Moines has provided updated information about freezing rain that is expected to lead to dangerous travel this evening into Saturday. (contributed information, NWS)

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BJ McGinn, Interim Executive Campus Dean, DMACC Boone Campus visits about wrapping up the fall semester. Only a couple of basketball games remain. Spring semester will begin after the first of the year and numbers look good at this time. McGinn said athletic programs are performing well. He noted that successful Cross Country programs will be participating in Track. The recruit for the competitive Dance Team will be visiting campus next week. Aired Friday, December 13, 2024.

Posted on 13 December 2024 by KWBG

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Sgt. Ryan Palmer and Boone Police Chief John Wiebold talk about public safety especially with traveling during the winter months. How to stay safe on the roadways and if you're traveling, making sure your home is secure. They visited about the issues created with the removal of the median crossover at South Linn Street and Highway 30 and more. There was also an update on Shop With a Cop being held Thursday evening. Aired Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Sgt. Ryan Palmer and Boone Police Chief John Wiebold talk about public safety especially with traveling during the winter months. How to stay safe on the roadways and if you’re traveling, making sure your home is secure. They visited about the issues created with the removal of the median crossover at South Linn Street and Highway 30 and more. There was also an update on Shop With a Cop being held Thursday evening. Aired Thursday, December 12, 2024.

Posted on 12 December 2024 by KWBG

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