BOONE, Iowa—The initial appeal of a decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to close the third floor of the Boone County Hospital for use in extended care, has been successful. In a rare occurrence, an administrative law judge sided with the Boone County Hospital when asked to issue a summary judgement by [...]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone Public Works will begin picking up those tree branches and tree limbs that fell during last Sunday’s early morning thunderstorm. Wind gusts were recorded in excess of 70-miles per hour and according to Public Works and Parks Director John Rouse, causes extensive damage community wide. The past week, Parks and Public Works worked [...]

BOONE, Iowa—Rich Wrage, Regional Extension Education Director and former Boone County Education Director was recently honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Agricultural Agents. Wrage was named the Boone County Extension Education Director in 1994 and was named the Region 8 Regional Extension Education Director during the recent reorganization of extension [...]

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Frosted Chocolate Malt Cupcakes by CK CUPCAKES 1.5 cups Bisquick mix ¾ cup sugar 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa ¼ cup chocolate flavor malted milk powder 2/3 cup milk ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla 2 eggs Heat oven to 400 degrees. Line 16 regular size muffing cups with paper baking cups. In a [...]

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Local Schedule for Today MLB BaseballCardinals at Cubs (12:45pm pregame on KWBG)

Local Schedule for Today MLB Baseball Cardinals at Cubs (12:45pm pregame on KWBG)

BOONE, Iowa—Enrollment at the Boone Campus of Des Moines Area Community College is on pace to break last year’s record. Provost Tom Lee says both head county and credit hour enrollment are ahead of the same date and year ago, and he expects the trend to continue. Fall semester begins on August 26th and Lee [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The unaudited numbers from the most recent fiscal year remained positive for the Boone County Hospital. The year ended with an estimated $660,000 in the black. The amount is under the estimated budgeted amount by some $350,000. However, the amount is ahead of the level from 2009 by some $20,000.