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BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Road Department had to close down a regrading project, started earlier this month, due to the rain. The announcement Tuesday afternoon, A portion of the 230th St. road regrading project has become impassible due to the recent rains. Please plan to use alternative routes until crews can stabilize this portion of […]

BOONE, Iowa—Jerry Wayne Cunningham, Sr., 69, of Boone, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones at his home on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, after a long battle with cancer.A Celebration of Life will be held from 2:00 P.M. – ??, Saturday, September 30, 2023, at the Logue Race Shop, 1140 Montana Street, Boone, […]

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DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time.“With harvest ramping up in […]

BOONE, Iowa—In May, the Boone County Hospital Board of Trustees voted to move ahead with a recommendation from the hospitals Radiology team to purchase a new MRI. The price is estimated at $825,000 and will be financed through a lease agreement. That’s similar to the arrangements made when the current MRI was purchased. New technology […]

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BOONE, Iowa—Members of the Downtown Boone Steering Committee, city officials, and volunteers gathered Monday to plant some trees in downtown Boone. The Steering Committee is hoping to be designated a Main Street Community in 2024 and the tree planting was recommended from the Iowa Economic Development Authority team that visited Boone and conducted an assessment […]

BOONE, Iowa—In March, friends of Jerry Converse, a 1961 Boone High School graduate killed while serving on a U.S. Navy intelligence-gathering ship attacked by Israeli military forces during the 1967 Six-Day War, asked the Boone City Council to consider ways to honor the fallen sailor. Verne Lyon who lives in Johnston was a friend and […]

BOONE, Iowa—Preliminary plans have been seen, but the first formal Site Plan and Storm Water Plan for Kate’s Landing Subdivision will come to the Boone City Council Monday evening. The site plan is being submitted by Lee Chamberlin Consultant Engineers on behalf of Kading Development. The proposal does include 128 single story cottage style units […]