URBANDALE, Iowa—Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency (HIRTA) riders will begin getting around their counties using the agency’s new Simplified Scheduling model, effective Monday, March 9th. The Simplified Scheduling model is designed to combine trips now only transporting one or two riders to create shuttles transporting three or more riders to use HIRTA’s resources more […]

Ogden Girls Basketball Coach Ben Van Wyk resigned as Head Coach on Tuesday. Coach Van Wyk offered these comments.   “There rarely feels like a ‘right’ time to make this decision. There will always be a junior class you want to see through their senior year, and underclassmen you want to continue to help develop […]

LOCAL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY   MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL #5 DMACC over Iowa Central 86-70 Region 11 Quarterfinals     LOCAL SCHEDULE FOR TODAY   WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL DMACC at Kirkwood Region 11 Quarterfinals

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Philippe E. Meier has released the unofficial elections results from Tuesday’s Special School Election in Boone County.  The biggest voter turnout was in the Madrid School District where voters were considering a proposed $5.8 million bond issue to allow for building additions and remodeling to the Madrid […]

STRATFORD, Iowa—A funeral service has been set for 84-year old Harold Berglund of Stratford, Iowa.  The service will be Friday, March 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Stratford Lutheran Church, Stratford, Iowa.  Burial will be held in the South Marion Cemetery, southeast of Stratford, Iowa.  Military Honors will be conducted by the Boone Veterans […]

At Monday’s Annual Meeting, the Boone County Chamber made the following awards: Fenner H. Stevenson Volunteer of the Year:  Paul Ouverson Entrepreneur of the Year:  Dale Farnham of Farnham Aviation Business/Industry of the Year:  Nerem and Associates Real Estate and Insurance  

WCAC Girls Basketball All-Conference Teams   1st Team Moriah Prewitt **                  Junior                          Des Moines Christian Kate Muller                             Senior                          Des Moines Christian Payton Beckman **                Sophomore                  Panorama Angel Poldberg                       Sophomore                  Panorama Laci Rishel                               Sophomore                  Panorama Clair Lauterbach **                Senior                          Van Meter Sydney Neal                            Senior                          West Central Valley Emma Anderson **                Sophomore                  Woodward Granger   ** = […]

BOONE, Iowa—The annual spring time ban of garbage trucks in alleys in Boone has been put in place, effective Tuesday morning.  Boone Public Works Director John Rouse told the City Council Monday that it’s a few weeks earlier than normal, but the weather is having an earlier impact on the condition of alleys.  The ban […]