June 30, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Emergency Management Coordinator Dave Morlan says the good news for Boone County residents is that water levels on the Des Moines River north of Boone are declining rapidly. The downside, the level at Lake Saylorville is not dropping as quickly. Morlan says US Highway 30 west between and Boone [...]

June 30, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—Boone County will undertake a road resurfacing project on County Road E-26 or or 170th Street between Kale Road on the east and P-70 or “H” Avenue on the west. The $807,000 project has been planned for some time and will include recycling and resurfacing that road. County Engineer Bob Kieffer [...]

June 30, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Supervisors have a second meeting this week, Thursday at the courthouse. The meeting is required to begin the new fiscal year and will include action on various appointment and approval of the budgeted appropriations. All wages and salaries are also approved. The other big meeting is right after [...]

June 30, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 83-year old Clyde “Bud” McCormick of Boone, Iowa and formerly of Ogden, Iowa. A Graveside Service will be held Friday, July 2nd at 10:00 AM at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Cemetery in Rembrandt, Iowa. His body has been cremated. Burial of the cremated remains will follow [...]

Local Schedule for Today High School SoftballCarroll at Boone High School BaseballCarroll at Boone (7:45pm on KWBG)Colo Nesco at OgdenMadrid at Woodward Granger (1pm)

Local Results from Last Night High School SoftballWest Central Valley Stuart-0Madrid-12 (3innings) Ogden-9North Polk-8 High School BaseballWest Central Valley Stuart-16Madrid-5 Fort Dodge-13Boone-8 Ogden-9Grandview Park Baptist-7 (Game 1) Ogden-3Grandview Park Baptist-6 (Game 2)

June 30, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 83-year old Clyde “Bud” McCormick of Boone, Iowa and formerly of Ogden, Iowa. A Graveside Service will be held Friday, July 2nd at 10:00 AM at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Cemetery in Rembrandt, Iowa. His body has been cremated. Burial of the cremated remains will follow [...]

June 29, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors decided to close the historic “Wagon Bridge” west of Logansport to vehicular traffic. However, the Board included the word temporary in their resolution to allow them time to try and come up with a plan to preserve the structure. The Supervisors were greeted by a [...]

June 29, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—As expected, the Iowa Department of Transportation closed US Highway 30 because of the rising flood waters of the Des Moines River. Unfortunately, Boone County authorities report a problem with people moving the road closed signs and trespassing. This year, an existing construction project on the Highway 30 bridge over the [...]

June 29, 2010 BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council’s Public Safety and Transportation Committee is again being asked to allow an ice cream truck street vendor in Boone. The Committee is considering a request from Curt Nichols to allow his business to operate. It’s been a couple of years since the last vendor operated in Boone. [...]