Megan Osborn , daughter of Barb Clawson and Chris Osborn, received the 2019 Boone County Fair Ag Youth Award from Diane Cox of Hunziker & Associates, Realtors during the Boone County Fair.  Megan, a Boone grad, will be attending Kirkwood Community College

Rain and wind combined on Wednesday night to raise havoc at the Boone County Fairgrounds.  This tent near the Free Stage suffered a bit, but Fair Board members rallied to get things put back together in a hurry.  Rainfall measured .79″ from 8 on Wednesday morning to 8 on Thursday morning.  Additional rains came through […]

Boone County 4-Her McKayla Dozier of Ogden was awarded the 2019 Boone County Ag Youth Award by Nick Lentz of Vision Bank of Ogden at Thursday’s Boone County Fair.  Daughter of David and Roxanne Dozier, McKayla has been active in 4H for many years.  She will be attending Iowa State in the fall.  

ANKENY, Iowa—MD Isley has been named DMACC’s new Vice President of Academic Affairs.  He had been the Academic Dean of Business, Management and Information Technology. Isley replaces Scott Ocken, a long-time DMACC administrator who is retiring at the end of December. “I take these responsibilities very seriously and will do my absolute best to set and […]

BOONE, Iowa—It took about three years of saving, securing grants and planning for the Boone Fire Department to secure their new “state of the art” air packs, to replace tanks and masks that have gradually aged out.  Boone Fire Chief Justin Adams showed off the new equipment to the Boone City Council Monday evening.  Adams […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for the southern part of Iowa until this weekend: URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Des Moines IA 327 AM CDT Wed Jul 17 2019 …Sultry Conditions Today Through Saturday… .High pressure will strengthen through the end of the week resulting in […]

BOONE, Iowa—Beat the heat at the Boone Municipal Pool and enjoy a “Dip on DMACC!”, Wednesday, July 17th beginning at 1:00 p.m.  The first 100 pool-goers will receive half-price admission AND enjoy a free dip of ice cream, courtesy of DMACC. DMACC, the largest undergraduate college in Iowa, is proud to annually serve more than 70,000 credit and noncredit students […]