BOONE, Iowa—Testing for COVID-19 in Boone County has been conducted near the Boone County Family Medicine Walk-In Clinic in the Pufferbilly Days™ Memorabilia Booth located in the alley behind the clinic.  But, that is now changing.  Testing will be conducted in the building that formerly housed a pharmacy and an accounting business.  The same staff […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa State Patrol has identified the 39 year old Story City, Iowa woman that died as a result of a collision between her car and a dump truck Wednesday morning.  The accident occurred about 8:50 a.m. when the car, driven by Lisa Pierce was crossing H Avenue on 170th Street.  Pierce was traveling […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service in Des Moines is projecting possible strong thunderstorm activity in Central and Eastern Iowa Thursday afternoon and evening.                                     (contributed information, NWS Des Moines)

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL 4A #3 ADM over 2A #3 Ogden 1-0 Southeast Valley over Madrid 12-2 5inn     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Madrid over Southeast Valley 19-4 4inn     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Boone at West Marshall     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone at Norwalk

BOONE, Iowa—Funeral arrangements have been set for 80 year old Ron Lawson of Boone, Iowa.  He passed away surrounded by family on Monday, July 6, 2020. He was born on April 11, 1940 in Webster County, Iowa, the son of Wayne and Arlene Lawson. Ron was raised on their family farm in the Jefferson area, […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Ogden over Madrid 17-0 3inn Boone over Ames 3-1     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Madrid over Ogden 8-1 #10 Boone over #9 Winterset 11-7     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Ogden at ADM Madrid at Southeast Valley     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Madrid […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Sheriff’s Department is seeking information from the public about a home-made explosive device discovered in a public hunting area south of Highway 30 near Ogden, Iowa.  The device was reportedly discovered late Monday morning.  Deputies Brian Pontius and Andy Godzicki responded to the call about an undetonated home-made pipe bomb device, […]

BOONE, Iowa—The National Weather Service in Des Moines has extended the coverage of a Heat Advisory for Wednesday to include Central Iowa. URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 315 AM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020 …HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index […]