DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Conditions report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Wet conditions along with unseasonably warm temperatures continued across Iowa last week,” said Secretary Naig. “Farmers in some pockets of […]

BOONE, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 94-year old Phyllis Dorothy Youngren of Boone, Iowa.  She passed away Sunday, September 22, 2019 at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, Iowa where she had resided for the past several years.  The service will be held Friday, September 27, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at the […]

Saturday morning’s Dragoon River Romp actually didn’t include water efforts this year because the Des Moines River was just too high.  But several volunteers cleared garbage from the banks.

OTTUMWA, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 81-year old Dean King of Ottumwa, Iowa who passed away on August 16, 2019 while under hospice care in Bellevue, Nebraska.  Dean was born in Boone, Iowa and graduated from United Community High School.  He had a 30-year career with the Iowa State University Extension Service, serving […]

Boone Girls Swimming Results from September 21st   Mtown Invite Results 2019

LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Boone and Ogden at Humboldt Invitational

BOONE, Iowa—Democratic Presidential hopeful, Pete Buttigieg made a campaign stop in Boone County Sunday morning, taking part in a Town Hall event at the Central Iowa Expo.  Buttigieg talked to the crowd about his campaign, but also took time to respond to a number of questions from those on hand.  The South Bend Mayor said […]

Fareway staff provided physical labor in completing a Helping Hands home repair project at the home of Viola Williams in Boone for the Habitat for Humanity organization. Fareway employees volunteered on site to apply a fresh coat of paint to the house.