Boone’s annual City Wide Clean-up event begins south of Mamie on June 8th.  All items must be on the curb on Sunday, June 7th.  Public Works staff will pick up items from June 8th through June 12th.  Click on the link for a complete list of what will or will not be picked up.   […]

Thursday afternoon the Boone Farmers Market opened in Boone with warm but dry weather.  Their location is 7th Street in Boone between Story and Allen Street.  The 2020 season will run Thursdays from 3-6 pm, June 4 through October 22.  They provide locallly grown produce and homemade goodies (jams, pies and crafts).

Tell the truth……..don’t you really want to run through this??  The hot weather this week has brought out some great creative ways to cool off.

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Auditor’s office has released the unofficial election results from Tuesday’s Primary Election.  At this time, there are currently 600 absentee ballots that have not been returned. Boone County Unofficial Primary Results

·         Fareway Presents a Quarter Million Dollar Check for the DMACC Boone Campus Student Activity Center.   ·         “Fareway Fieldhouse” is Scheduled to Open in September of this Year.   ·         The New Facility Includes two College-Size Basketball/Volleyball Courts, a State-of-the-Art Weight Room, a Modern Sports Medicine Lab, an Indoor Golf Performance Center and more.   ·         All of […]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the polling locations in Boone County for the Primary Election on Tuesday, June 2nd, have been consolidated to three places.  The locations are the Boone County Fairgrounds, the Madrid High School Gym and the Leonard Good Community Center in Ogden.  Boone County has produced an App to locate where you’ll […]

Boone’s annual City Wide Clean-up event begins north of Mamie on June 1st.  All items must be on the curb on Sunday, May 31st.  Public Works staff will pick up items from June 1st through June 5th.  Click on the link for a complete list of what will or will not be picked up.   City […]

Ericson Public Library has announced that beginning Monday, June 1st, they will be offering curbside pickup.  You can request online with your library account or call them at 432-3727.  You may request up to 10 items at a time.  The library staff will then schedule a time for pickup at the front entrance of the […]

This sight has been pretty familiar over the past several days. Boone’s official rainfall so far for May 2020 is 5.35″.  

The annual Memorial Day Ceremony took place at Linwood Park Cemetery on Monday, May 25th.  There was a nice crowd of people.  Masks were worn and social distancing was observed. No lunch was held after the ceremony this year due to the COVID-19 situation.  (Photos courtesy VFW Auxiliary)