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Posted on 21 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on State Senator Jesse Green, Legislative Review. Green talks about the Senate proposal for a constitutional amendment to repeal the natural resources and outdoor recreation trust fund and dedicate a portion of the state revenue from sales and use taxes for property tax relief. Green also talked about education funding and other matters occurring this week. Aired Friday, February 21, 2025.
Posted on 21 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Zach Stier, Ronda Kelley and Candy Noelck from the Ericson Public Library talk about wrapping up the month of February and what’s planned for the month of March. Routine programs are on the calendar in March, but there are also a number of programs that may involve Leprechauns or Librarians. There is also a whole week of events and activities for Spring Break the week of March 17th. Aired Friday, February 21, 2025.
Posted on 20 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Holly Stecker, Director of the Downtown Boone Mainstreet Program talks about the progress that’s been made since Boone was selected to be a Mainstreet City. She talks about the amount of work done to meet established guidelines and how strategic goals have been set in four categorical areas. Stecker also talks about a Downtown Boone Mainstreet Open House on February 25th at 903 Story Street from 4:30 to 6:30 where people can find out more about Mainstreet. Aired Thursday, February 20, 2025.
Posted on 19 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on John Roosa, Administrator, Boone County Landfill and Recycling talks about operations during the extremely cold weather. He also talks about what the City of Boone is trying to do with some revisions in their City Wide Clean up guidelines. Roosa says the Landfill’s Comprehensive Plan is currently being updated, a mandate by the Iowa DNR. Aired Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
Posted on 18 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Eli Stines, Boone Mayor talks about the Boone City Council meeting held Monday evening. He explains the Council’s financial support for a project being headed by George Eckstein to reconstruct and place a historic steel arch in downtown Boone. Stine also talked about some planned revisions to the City Wide Clean up in June. He also talked about the selection of a firm to assist the Council in a search for a new City Administrator. Aired Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
Posted on 17 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Boone Area Veterans Center, Mike Gibbs and Fred Greiner are on hand to talk about the brief history of the project. Members of Boone Veteran organizations have actually talked about the idea for over ten years. Gibbs explained that once they decided to move forward they began searching for a site, working with the City and Chad Houston of Kruck Plumbing and Heating, they finally got a location. Demolition took place and now fund raising for the building project is getting underway. Fred Greiner is chairing that committee. Aired Monday, February 17, 2025.
Posted on 14 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on BJ McGinn, Interim Executive Campus Dean, DMACC Boone Campus updates activity taking place on the Boone Campus. He provides updates on enrollment, especially on campus head count enrollment. He also has updates on athletic programs including some of the new things that are taking place such as e-sports, track and field, basketball, both baseball and softball and dance. McGinn also updates the work being done to host the NJCAA DII Women’s Golf Tournament to be played in Boone in May. Aired on Friday, February 14, 2025.
Posted on 13 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Boone Police Chief John Wiebold on Tuned In talks about the snow removal and the fact that about thirty vehicles had to be towed. The Snow Ordinance was in effect in Boone for both residential and business district streets at 10:00 Wednesday evening. He encouraged people to continue getting signed up for the text notification and also spread the word to neighbors. He also talked about people applying to take part in this year’s Citizen Police Academy. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 21st. Aired Thursday, February 13, 2025.
Posted on 12 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Marty Lamoureux, Board Member, Boone County Historical Society updates listeners about the Annual Meeting held in January and the most recent monthly meeting. A current project is to try and conduct interviews with veterans willing to share their stories about serving in Viet Nam. Board Member Ron Russel is working on the project. Aired Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
Posted on 11 February 2025 by KWBG
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Comments Off on Dr. Julie Trepa, Superintendent, Boone Community School District. Trepa talks about the Boone School Board meeting. First we talked about absenteeism and attendance due to illness. She says absenteeism is up due to illness. She also encourages parents not to send sick children to school. She talked about next year’s school calendar. The Board adopted it Monday. There are no more early outs on Wednesday’s in the 25-26 school year. She also talks about the budget work the Board will be addressing, noting that 2% increases in funding from the state can’t keep up 3% and 4% increases in the cost operating. Aired Tuesday, February 11, 2025.