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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Communication Center has some of their 911 calls rerouted to the Perry Police Department earlier this month.  Authorities report that on January 17th at 4:00 PM, Perry notified the Communications Center that they were receiving the Boone County wireless 911 calls.  Officials report it was only the wireless calls that were [...]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 83-year old Priscilla Jordan of Boone, Iowa and formerly of rural Boxholm, Iowa.  The service will be held Saturday, January 26th at 10:00 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Boone, Iowa.  Burial will be held in the Renner Cemetery located southwest of Boxholm, Iowa. Visitation [...]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral arrangements have been set for 81-year old Ruth Anderson of Boone, Iowa.  Visitation will be held at the Schroeder Memorial Chapel at 6th and Marshall Streets in Boone, Iowa on Friday, January 25th from 2:00 PM until 8:00 PM.  The family will be present and will receive friends at the Schroeder Memorial [...]

After 28 years at the helm of Boone County Community Services, Loraine Safly is retiring.  She was honored at a reception at the Boone County Hospital on Thursday

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Park officials and Mother Nature teamed up to mend the Ice Skating Pond in Boone. If you’d like to volunteer at the warming house, call the City of Boone at 432-4211, ext 142

BOONE, Iowa—It took Mother Nature a little while to fix the problem, but sub-zero temperatures really improved the damaged ice conditions at the Skate Pond in Boone.  Park staff have been spending time making sure the ice has reformed and is safe and Wednesday announced that the pond is once again open.  Those planning a [...]

OGDEN, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 98-year old Dorothy June Powers, a long-time resident of Jefferson, Iowa and Ogden, Iowa and most recently a resident at the Eastern Star Home in Boone, Iowa.  The Funeral Service will be held Saturday, January 26th at 2:30 PM at the Community United Methodist Church in Ogden, [...]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – There’s been a stunning upset the Australian Open. Nineteen-year-old American Sloane Stephens, the 29th seed, has reached the semifinal round of a Grand Slam event for the first time in her career, by downing third-seed Serena Williams 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 for the biggest victory of her career. PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Achraf [...]