BOONE, Iowa—Boone Police were able to peacefully take a suspect into custody early Thursday morning following a lengthy standoff of the city’s west side.  33-year old Joshua Don Daniels had been sought after walking away from the Curt Forbes Residential Center in Ames earlier this week.  Ames Police had even called in the Boone County [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The City of Boone conducts an annual water quality analysis and recently released the most recent report on the findings in the 2013 Consumer Confidence Report.  The report this spring shows that the Boone Water Works had no violations during it’s required testing.  Nitrate testing showed the highest level was 3.4 parts per million, [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Supervisors had planned for some work to be done at the Boone County Courthouse this summer, but plans have slowed in the past several weeks.  Since last fall, discussion has included some painting, especially the ceilings.  There has been substantially chipping and peeling on the existing surfaces.  Recently the [...]

BOONE, Iowa—A Boone County District Court jury returned a guilty of first degree murder verdict against 29-year old Joshua Powell Monday afternoon.  Powell had been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Jaclyn last October 21st.  At the time, Powell had indicated to authorities that he believed he had killed his wife, but [...]

BOONE, Iowa—Even with snow on the ground last week, workers pushed forward with Boone’s third Casey’s location at the corner of South Linn and Southeast Marshall Street.  The site was home to Carlson’s Eco Water for a number of years, but was acquired by Casey’s for a south side location last year.  The City Council [...]

BOONE, Iowa—It will only be an additional week, but a majority of Boone City Council members felt it would be a good idea to extend the time frame for the open burning of yard waste.  The Council voted Monday night to extend open burning of yard waste to May 22nd because of the wet conditions [...]

At their regular board meeting on Monday evening, the Boone County Fair board convened before a crowd of nearly 2 dozen spectators.  Fair Board president Kris Kline called the meeting to order and after hearing comments from members of the gallery, addressed the agenda item regarding the sale of alcohol during the fair. Kline recapped the [...]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Hospital has officially announced that Timothy Evert, D.O. has joined the Boone County Hospital Medical Staff and will be working in the hospital’s Emergency Department.  Evert received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of Osteopathic Medicine Health Sciences in Des Moines.  Prior to joining the Boone County Hospital Medical Staff, [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Fair Board will hold a regular business meeting this evening, at the Community Building on the Boone County Fair Grounds.  The Fair Board is expected to be asked to reconsider an earlier decision to pursue the sale of alcohol on the Fairgrounds during the Boone County Fair.  Over the past month, [...]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council’s Economic Development will consider the next steps to establishing incentives for a possible residential development on the southeast side of Boone.  The Committee has been giving consideration to a variety of options for the past couple of months, but has yet to official hear from a developer about an agreement. [...]