BOONE, Iowa—The Pufferbilly Days Steering Committee is happy to announce Sally Courter as Grand Marshall for the 2020 Pufferbilly Days Parade. Sally Courter was born and raised in Cedar Rapids. She attended the University of Iowa and graduated with a double major – Psychology & Education. After having taught in Cedar Rapids, she then got […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig Monday commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Widely variable rainfall amounts across the state over the past week brought excess moisture to areas of northern and eastern […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL #3 Ogden over ACGC 9-1 Carlisle over Boone 5-4 Panorama over Madrid 10-1     HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Boone over Carlisle 4-1 Ogden over ACGC 4-3 8inn Panorama at Madrid (cancelled)     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Ballard at Boone (7pm on KWBG) […]

PLANO, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 69 year old Ronald Deane Leininger of rural Plano, Iowa, formerly of Boone, Iowa.  Ronald passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020 at his home. Friends may call from 4-7:00 P.M. on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the Schroeder-Reimers Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall in Boone.  Graveside […]

Be sure to tune in to hear Ryan call the baseball/softball games this week on KWBG 1590 or you can listen on the stream at kwbg.com.  Here are the games we are airing: Monday 6/22 – ACGC @ Ogden (softball) 7:00 pm Tuesday 6/23 – Ballard @ Boone (softball) 7:00 pm Thursday 6/25 – Perry […]

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—From this weekend, Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is recalling its 12 oz. Hy-Vee Bagged Garden Salad product across its eight-state region due to the potential that it may be contaminated with Cyclospora. The potential for contamination was brought to Hy-Vee’s attention when Fresh Express – which manufactures the product – […]

On Sunday, the Iowa Department of Public Health identified 441 new cases of coronavirus in our state, an increase from the 297 COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday.  Iowa has now had nearly 26,000 cases of coronavirus, which have resulted in 685 deaths:  1 in Saturday’s update and 4 on Sunday, with 1 this weekend in […]

To all the great dads out there……..HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!  Have a wonderful day!

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service in Des Moines expects that conditions will exist today that could result in possible heavy rainfall.                                                         (contributed information, NWS Des Moines)