Saturday evening Friends of the Ledges held their evening of trick-or-treating at Ledges State Park.  Trick-or-treaters could hike through the campground and get goodies at the campsites.  The campers also decorated their areas for the occasion.  (Photos courtesy Friends of the Ledges)    

The Boone Fire Department hosted their annual Open House Thursday evening to promote fire prevention and fire safety.  There were fire safety activities for the kids, fire truck tours and a hot dog dinner provided by Fareway.

Ogden Market President, Doug Lau, supported the Ogden IA Community Women’s effort to raise scholarship funds for Ogden High School seniors by agreeing to take a pie in the face.

Kiwanis Lt. Gov. Randy Griffith joined the Daybreakers Kiwanis group on Tuesday to install the new slate of officers.

Boone County Landfill & Recycling received an award from ISOSWO (Iowa Society of Solid Waste Operations) for Innovative Projects. The award recognizes the Boone County Landfill & Recycling Center for recycling videos posted on their Facebook page.  

BOONE, Iowa—This is Fire Prevention Week.  Boone County Emergency Management Coordinator Lance Kooiker says the idea is to keep you fire safe at work AND at home. This year’s theme is Not Every Hero Wears a Cape, PLAN and PRACTICE your ESCAPE. In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from […]

If you are non-profit organization (5013c) we offer a free Community Calendar.  Send us information regarding your event at least two weeks before and we will put it on our Community Calendar free of charge.  This is on our website at kwbg.com and will be on-air as time allows several times a day.  Send the […]

Boone received 2.23″ of rain in the last 24 hours.  Much cooler air will be in place today and through the end of the week.  Showers and a few isolated storms are expected to move into the area this afternoon and then diminish through the evening hours. Clouds will then increase again Friday into Saturday […]

MADRID, Iowa—Nearly 100 years ago, in November of 1919, the Iowa Board of Conservation challenged the citizens of Boone and surrounding communities to be the champions in driving the effort to establish the Ledges as one of Iowa’s first state parks. The volunteer spirit was alive and strong then and continues to thrive today. September […]

The Salvation Army Boone Corps announced that Timothy Kepple of Boone was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Youth in Leadership award at the Youth Council last week.  Congratulations, Timothy!