BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Hospital held their Annual Employee Recognition Dinner recently at the Boone County Fairgrounds.  Employees with milestone anniversaries, in increments of five years, were recognized.  The Annual Brown Award and WOW! Award winners were also announced.  The Brown Award, established by Weldon J. Brown in honor of his parents Eunice D. and [...]

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BOONE, Iowa—Cold temperatures and strong winds have led the the National Weather Service to issues a Wind Chill Advisory for the area through noon Friday.  Actually wind chill readings north of U.S. Highway 20 are expected to be low enough the receive an upgrade to a Wind Chill Warning.  A Wind Chill Advisory is issued [...]

UNDATED (AP) – The Grizzlies have sent swingman Rudy Gay and backup center Hamed Haddadi to the Raptors for point guard Jose Calderon and forward Ed Davis. Calderon was then shipped to the Pistons for Austin Daye and Tayshaun Prince. Gay is averaging 17.2 points and 5.9 rebounds this season and is due $37 million [...]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas over Iowa State 78-75 (OT)   MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Oklahoma State over Iowa State 78-76     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS/BOYS BASKETBALL Madrid at Coon Rapids Bayard   HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Boone vs Carroll and Norwalk at Carroll   WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL [...]

BOONE, Iowa—Many thought they would know who the new Boone County Attorney would be by Thursday morning, but the process came to a standstill Wednesday afternoon after Kelly Mahoney requested that her letter of interest in being appointed Boone County Attorney be withdrawn.  Mahoney was one of two candidates expected to be interviewed by the [...]

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NEW YORK (AP) – The Miami New Times has obtained files from a recently closed anti-aging clinic in South Florida linking Alex Rodriguez and other baseball players to the purchase of performance-enhancing drugs. Major League Baseball says it is “extremely disappointed” and is actively involved in the investigation. Other players on the list include 2012 [...]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Boone over Carroll 47-46 (Boone now 5-12)   Woodward Granger over Ogden 59-32   Madrid at Coon Rapids Bayard (Postponed to January 31st)   HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL #9 Carroll over Boone 81-69 (Boone is now 3-13)   Ogden over Woodward Granger 50-44   Madrid at Coon [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors will take the next step in moving ahead with the Industrial Park Road reconstruction project.  Bids for the work that will be done on the Industrial Park Road and also Quartz Avenue to the south will be considered Wednesday afternoon as part of the meeting for the Supervisors. [...]