MADRID, Iowa—It has been a contentious special election in Madrid and voters have elected a new mayor.  Thomas W. Brown is the unofficial winner of Tuesday’s election, collecting 577 votes to 184 for Kurt Kruse and 20 for Johnathan Whitten.  Because the special election was held, Brown will assume the mayor’s duties once the results […]

BOONE, Iowa—One Hundred and sixty-six (166) 4-H& FFA members entered a total of seven hundred and thirty-six (736) family consumer science and special interest exhibits at the 2018 Boone County Fair on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Fourteen judges visited with 4-H& FFA members about their exhibits during conference judging.  Members talked about their goals, steps […]

BOONE, Iowa—HIRTA has been testing and is beginning to roll out their new scheduling app called Amble.  In Boone County, the pilot program for the app will be Boone School Aged riders.  To help get the pilot program moving, HIRTA will be holding two meetings with parents and students, Thursday, August 2nd.  One will be […]

This past weekend, the Carl Fritz Henning Family Reunion was held with over 50 people in attendance.  They were all descendants of Carl Fritz Henning, the first custodian appointed to Ledges State Park.  Andy Bartlett, manager of Ledges State Park, attended the reunion and submitted the pictures and write-up below. Family of First Ledges Custodian Reunites

1st Team All Boone County KWBG Baseball Team 1B Bryce Dean (SR) Madrid .416AVG 5HR 33RBI .779SLG% 2B Landen Klatt (JR) Madrid .318AVG 0HR 10RBI 25RUNS 20SB SS Derek Rhinehart (JR) Boone .263AVG 3HR 21RBI .395OB% 3B Jayton Hull (SR) Boone .313AVG 1HR 20RBI 30HITS .439OB% C Chad Mohr (SR) Ogden .346AVG 0HR 10RBI .449SLG% 9runners […]

STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE WITH AN OREO COOKIE CRUST by CK 2 cups Oreo cookies with cream center removed, finely ground (2 sleeves) 1/4 cup butter, melted 2 tablespoons sugar 4 8-oz. packages cream cheese, room temperature 1 2/3 cups sugar 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 large eggs 2 egg yolks 1 1/2 teaspoons […]