BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council will give consideration to an Urban Chicken Ordinance at their meeting on May 6th. Originally, it was thought the first consideration of the ordinance would have been at the April 15th meeting of the Council, but the draft was not available. At the Council’s first meeting in April, a discussion […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Hospital Foundation moved ahead Sunday night with the Project Be The Light Glow Event. Many that signed up stopped and picked up their event shirts and some captured the glowing moments. A few walked the track a Goeppinger Field, even in the light rain. The Glow Event still draws attention to […]

STORY CITY, Iowa—Fareway Stores, Inc. hosted a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new Fareway store in Story City. The new approximately 10,800 square foot store located will be at the southwest corner of Broad Street and Factory Outlet Drive in Story City, Iowa. “Communities depend on a local grocer to offer high quality products and […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines is expecting another round of strong storms Tuesday. The current projection is severe storms with large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes will be possible for much of central and western Iowa lat (contributed information, NWS)

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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School Board meets Monday afternoon to take formal action to set Public Hearings on proposals to sell the Page and Lincoln buildings and grounds. Both hearings will be set for May 20th at 5:00 p.m. and will be held in the Board Room at the Boone High School. In both cases, proposals […]

BOONE, Iowa—Lifeserve Blood Center will be in Boone in a couple of weeks, conducting the one day community Blood Drive. LifeServe Blood Center donors are true life savers! When blood donors roll up their sleeves, it only takes one hour to donate one pint of blood, which will save the lives of up to three […]

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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Water Environment Station in McHose Park has reported a third day of measurable rainfall in Boone. Friday morning at 8:00 the report was .31 inches of rain, Saturday the report was .44, and Sunday morning .68. Additional rainfall is in the forecast for Sunday.