The Bulldog foursome of Samantha Lass, Dakota Jones, Sydney King and Breaunna Wenger broke the 4×400 record on Tuesday night from South Hamilton. Ogden’s time of 4:12.84 broke a record that had stood since 1973.

BOONE, Iowa—Ground has been broken for the construction of the 33rd home build for Heart of Iowa Habitat for Humanity. Last year, Heart of Iowa Habitat built their 32nd home in Ogden. The project this year returns to Boone to 1115 College Street. The Brett and Daniele Schmidt family with daughters Hunter, Mattilynn and Lucy […]

BOONE, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced today that the Choose Iowa program is expanding to promote a vibrant array of Iowa grown horticultural products, such as Christmas trees, cut flowers, bedding plants, and ornamental trees and shrubs. Secretary Naig made the expansion announcement in conjunction with Iowa Horticulture Week (April 20-26) during a […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School Board formally accepted a donation to the Boone School District’s EDGE program on behalf of Kruck Plumbing and Heating. The contribution was made because of Kruck’s participation in helping get the Boone Area Veterans Center project moving forward. Left to Right, Superintendent Dr. Julie Trepa, Matt Elthon, Dr. Ryan Huffman, Chad […]

BOONE, Iowa—State Auditor Rob Sand paid a visit to the Boone County Courthouse Friday afternoon, specifically to present to Boone County a P.I.E. Award. P.I.E. stands for Public Innovations and Efficiencies, a program that Sand started after he was elected Auditor for the State. It recognizes Iowa’s counties, cities and school districts that implement innovative […]

BOONE, Iowa—Last fall, an inspection of the floating dock near the bait house at Don Williams discovered that a number of the floating sections were no longer safe. At the time, Boone County Safety Officer Tim McGlynn submitted an application to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to replace the unsafe sections. The DNR did […]

BOONE, Iowa—Evan and Emilee Jorgensen moved another step forward Friday with a ground breaking ceremony at their building at 608 Carroll Street. The Jorgensen’s purchased the old YMCA building in December of 23 and have since been working to move forward with their plans to re-open the structure once it’s been rehabilitated. They announced that […]

The Madrid Tiger Boys Basketball team held off a very talented Marquette Catholic squad Friday night to secure their first ever State Title in Boys Basketball and cap off a 28-0 season. Madrid seemed to be in control at the halftime break 31-21, but the Defenders came out and outscored Madrid 21-13 in the 3rd […]

The #2 Madrid Tigers Boys Basketball team used some “Toryn Magic” and advanced to the 1A State Title Game with a 71-58 win over #4 Fort Dodge St Edmond Thursday Night. The Tigers held the lead 34-26 at halftime and clamped down defensively only giving up 32 second half points en route to their 27th […]

The Madrid Tigers Basketball team stayed perfect on the season and moved to the 1A State Semifinals with a 68-57 win over Boyden Hull on Wednesday afternoon in Des Moines. The Tigers got 30pts from senior Toryn Severson en route to the win. The Tigers hit 11-15 from the Free Throw line in the 2nd […]