BOONE, Iowa—Plans by the Boone City Council to fill a vacancy on the council will now change to setting up a special election.  City officials have reported that a petition requesting a special election has been received and verified.  City Administrator Bill Skare says the Boone County Auditor’s Office has been notified and the city […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting that he grant an expedited Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for 57 counties that have been severely impacted by the recent flooding along the Missouri River and other parts of the state.  The request does include Boone and Greene counties.  Neither […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone City Council’s Public Safety and Transportation Committee was approached by Autumn Seiler, Page and Lincoln Elementary Principal a couple of months ago about a plan to try and improve traffic flow around the Page Elementary building when parents drop off and pick up students.  The proposal was reviewed by Police Chief John […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—Throughout the 2018-2019 football and basketball season, college sports fans are encouraged to nominate their Iowa or South Dakota hometown to receive an award from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s 3-Point Play program. Each time a successful field goal was kicked or a 3-pointer is drained for one of the Division I […]

BOONE, Iowa—It’s that time of the year when Boone County Extension and Outreach puts out the call to any interested youth to get signed up for the model rocket program.  It’s a program open to all youth whether they participate in 4-H or not.  Any youth interested in model rockets and who is in the […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Parks Department has issued its annual reminder that Spring Clean-up at the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone will begin on April 1st.  Those families that have items decorating graves in the cemetery should begin collecting them before clean-up begins.  If you know someone that is not available to collect items, please pass […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone High School speech team traveled to Nevada High School on Saturday, March 9th, to compete at the State Individual Speech Contest. Eighteen of twenty-three performances earned the highest rating (1). Ten of Boone’s performances earned straight 1 ratings from all three judges. Three judges evaluated each performance, awarding students a rating on […]