DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has released the weekly fuel report and the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell 15 cents, averaging $3.37 across Iowa according to AAA.Crude Oil SummaryThe price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by $2.86 per barrel over last […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has investigated a single vehicle accident that occurred Saturday afternoon, October 7th. The single vehicle rollover occurred at 1:55 on 130th Street west of Nature Road. The accident report says that 59 year old Michael Jay Batterson was headed east through the curves on 130th Street when he apparently […]

BOONE, Iowa—DMACC President Rob Denson joined a group of DMACC Boone Campus students for lunch on Monday in Boone. The lunch officially kicked off this fall’s “Lunch With the President” Series at DMACC. President Denson regularly joins students for lunch across DMACC’s six campuses and seven learning centers. Lunch with the President is an opportunity […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Governor Kim Reynolds has announced her appointment of Hunter Thorpe as a district associate judge in Judicial Election District 2B.   Thorpe, of Ankeny, Iowa, is an assistant county attorney at the Boone County Attorney’s Office.  He received an undergraduate degree from Central College and his law degree from Drake Law School.  Thorpe fills a vacancy […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa Wave Shirt partnered for the third year in a row with Fareway Stores, Inc. to conduct a round-up at all Iowa store locations in the summer of 2023. During the campaign, which ran for two weeks ahead of the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game, Fareway’s customers were able to round up […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone High School student Kyler Griffis has been named a Commended Student inthe 2024 National Merit® Scholarship Program.Approximately 34,000 Commended Students have garnered recognition from the National MeritScholarship Program for their exceptional academic potential. While they will not proceed tocompete for the National Merit Scholarship Awards, these Commended Students are among thetop 50,000 participants […]

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce – alongside 390 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives – a congressional resolution reaffirming unwavering American support for Israel and condemning the Hamas terrorists who have murdered 11 Americans and over 1,000 Israeli citizens.“The United States unequivocally stands with the people of Israel […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Road Department has a guard rail project to complete this week. Crews will be installing some guard rail along 105th St. West of L Ave. The road will remain open for the installation however please use caution when traveling through this area.(contributed press release, Boone County Road Department)

BOONE, Iowa—KWBG will be hosting the three candidates running for Mayor in Boone to a live, three-way conversation Thursday afternoon at 5:00 on KWBG FM 101.5, AM 1590 and on line at www.kwbglive.com. Tracy Anderson, Denny Hamman and Elijah Stines have all agreed to be a part of the program. You can listen to the […]

ARNOLDS PARK, Iowa—Today, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $2,753,115 for seven State Recreational Trails Program projects. The State Recreational Trails Program was created in 1988 with the purpose of developing and maintaining recreational trails and trail-related facilities for both motorized and non-motorized trail users. This funding is available to cities, counties, state agencies, local governments, […]