DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service has updated it’s expectations for strong winds and possible strong storm activity for Wednesday.                                       (contributed information, NWS)

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Police Department will be holding their annual Shop With A Cop event this Thursday. The 2021 version will still be altered a little, but there are still going to be about 100 children going shopping. The most recent donation was made Sunday by the Harrison Hilltop Hustlers Boone County 4H Club. The […]

BOONE, Iowa—Boone County Hospital is pleased to announce their Wound and Hyperbaric Center (W&HC) is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of this award meet or exceed national patient satisfaction benchmarks over a set period of time.  “This achievement reaffirms our commitment to the patient experience and the quality of care W&HC provides its patients every […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School District makes available information through their digital publication the “Toreador Times“.                   (contributed information, BCSD)

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Plan and Zoning Commission meets Monday morning to consider a request to rezone property on the south side of Boone at South Linn Street and Hawkeye Drive for a multi-family housing project.  The property is located on the northwest corner of the intersection.  The developer is seeking to rezone the property […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service office in Des Moines is monitoring the potential for some very strong and gusty winds that will affect the state Wednesday. Weather models calling for very windy conditions Wednesday afternoon and evening. Wednesday is also expected to be a record setting day for high temperatures.         […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The U.S. Drought Monitor update for this week shows once again no change in the amount of area considered to be free of drought or abnormally dry conditions.  The most recent increase was in the southeast part of Iowa. Locally, conditions have not changed, a portion of eastern Boone County is considered abnormally […]