LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL Earlham over Ogden 51-43 Van Meter over Madrid 53-22   HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL Earlham over Ogden 65-57 Van Meter over Madrid 77-42     HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Boone over Perry 45-35 ADM over Boone 57-10   Ogden finished 2nd at West Central Activities Conference Tournament [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The Pufferbilly DaysTM Steering Committee has announced the winner of their 2013 logo and theme contest.  Eric Carlson of Boone submitted the winning entry.  The theme is “Celebrating 100 Years of Rails & Roads” with the logo featuring a train and cars.  The work incorporates the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Highway.  The winning logo [...]

BOXHOLM, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 69-year old Linda Rae Swanson of Boxholm, Iowa.  Linda passed away Monday at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa.  A funeral service will be held Friday, January 25th at 10:30 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boxholm, Iowa.  Burial will be held at the Prairie Lawn [...]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Tim Duncan had 24 points and 17 rebounds to help San Antonio recover after blowing a 17-point lead and go on to beat Philadelphia 90-85. The 76ers took a seven-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, but missed nine of their final 10 shots. EvanTurner scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds [...]

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Ogden at Earlham Madrid at Van Meter   HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Boone vs ADM and Perry at ADM Ogden hosting West Central Activities Conference Tournament   HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SWIMMING Des Moines Roosevelt at Boone

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 75-year old Mary Ann (Todd) Guadagnoli of Boone, Iowa.  A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, January 23rd at 11:00 AM at the Cornerstone Alliance Church in Boone, Iowa.  Following her wishes, her body has been cremated. Visitation will be held at the Schroeder Memorial Chapel at 6th and [...]

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BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa Railroad Historical Society and James H. Andrew Railroad Museum and History Center will feature a presentation next Saturday called “Trains Across Iowa”.  The program will be presented by Dr. Rudy Daniels, Assistant Dean and Department Chair of Railroad Operations Technology at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City.  Daniels has authored [...]

On Saturday January 19th at 1pm, over 300 ping pong balls posing as snowballs were dropped on 8th Street in Boone.  The Shiverfest Snowball Drop was a Boone Area Merchants Association promotion.  Each of the “snowballs” was hand numbered, and that number corresponded to a prize or discount provided by local merchants.  Temperatures in the [...]

Frosty dropped over 300 value-added snowballs in downtown Boone on Saturday afternoon.