Employees at the Corporate office of Fareway Meat & Grocery contributed $765 to Boone County Relay for Life through a “Jeans Day” in April.  

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Historical Society held their Grand Re-Openings for the Historical Center and the Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace Saturday.  Warm weather may have slowed some from attending but those on hand were enthusiastic for the opportunity. The Historical Center was re-opened first with a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. in the lower level. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Once again, the National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory affecting the KWBG listening area from late Sunday morning until Sunday evening.  Be Safe! …Hot And Humid Conditions Persist Today… .Heat and humidity will continue and expand across across all of Iowa today. Little recovery from the heat has occurred overnight, with temperatures […]

The Pufferbilly Days Steering Committee is happy to announce Jim Turbes as Grand Marshal for the 2019 Pufferbilly Days Parade.  Jim has been  at KWBG for nearly 30 years.  The 2019 Pufferbilly Days™ Parade will start at 9:30am on Saturday morning, September 7th, at its usual Hancock Drive location.

ACI Mechanical, Inc President, Mike McCoy presented the Ericson Public Library a check on June 27th for $5,000 for the Children’s Department.  The Library is planning to utilize this donation for special children’s programming and technology services.  (Photo courtesy Ericson Public Library)

Tuesday evening the Ogden Bulldogs baseball and softball teams hosted the Panorama Panthers for a Pink Out event.  There was free admission at the gate but instead a free will donation was encouraged with all money to be donated to Ashlyn Clark and her family, a senior softball player battling Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  And […]

ISU Extension and Outreach of Boone County invite community members to attend the launch of the Marketing Hometown America project on Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:30.  The meeting will be held at the Extension office at 1327 SE Marshall in Boone.  The goal of the project has been to identify strengths of the community to better […]

Thursday evening Vision Bank presented a check in the amount of $20,000 to the Iowa Railroad Historical Society for being a monumental part of the Boone community.  

The Boone Iowa Optimist Club held their 2nd annual Fishing Derby on Thursday, June 20th.  

The City of Boone will be spraying for mosquitoes tonight Thursday June 20th, weather permitting.