BOONE, Iowa—Firefighters from the Boone Fire Department and several neighboring departments had their hands full with a house fire east of Boone Wednesday afternoon. The department released this information on social media: At approximately 12:42PM today, the Boone Fire Department was dispatched to 1952 195th St. for a house, garage and field on fire. Engine […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Board of Health and Boone County Supervisors took time this week to recognize Kriss Haglund for his 12 years on the Boone County Board of Health. Haglund joined the Board of Health in 2014 and recently resigned. Left to Right, Ed Tharp, Dr. Brian Mehlhaus, Haglund, Mike Salati, Sr., Shawn Bryant, […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Iowa Wild and MARSHALLTOWN participated in the grand opening of the 13th Iowa Wild Community Rink in Boone Tuesday. This is the third year of the program that makes available rinks for communities to enhance outdoor activities during the winter season. The Iowa Wild have been committed to growing the game of hockey […]

BOONE, Iowa—The first baby of 2026 born at Boone County Hospital is Lola Moon Dowell. She arrived weighing 8 pounds, 4 ounces and measuring 20.5 inches long. Proud parents Zoe Williams and Diego Dowell welcomed their beautiful daughter at the Family Birth Center. To celebrate, the Family Birth Center staff gifted the family a basket […]

BOONE, Iowa—Outgoing Mayor Elijah Stines delivered the Oath of Office to new Mayor Dave Casotti Wednesday morning. Casotti defeated Stines in the municipal election held last November with 1,359 votes to 1,244 for Stines. Others receiving votes in the Mayor’s race were Erin Drake and Cole Eric Perkins. Stines delivers Oath of Office to incoming […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Annual Meeting for the Ledges State Park was held at the Boone City Hall Auditorium last Thursday with roughly three to four dozen people on hand. Many were members of the Friends of the Ledges and heard from Ledges Park Manager Andy Bartlett. Bartlett reviewed funding sources for park operations and also park […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Downtown Arch has been rededicated during a brief event Friday afternoon. The original arch was dedicated 110 years ago. George Eckstein received the honor of cutting the ribbon. Earlier this year, Eckstein began the mission of garnering support and donations to make the restoration of the Downtown Arch a reality. The Arch […]

BOONE, Iowa—It was a team effort Wednesday as members of the Boone Parks Department, Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone Public Works and the Boone Fire Department got the ice rink at Gutterridge Shelter ready for the season. Boone Park Commission member Susie Thorngren submitted the application to the Iowa Wild for a new liner for the […]

BOONE, Iowa—Nearly ideal weather conditions greeted the crowd that turned out Sunday for the dedication of the 33rd Habitat for Humanity Home built in Boone County. The partner family, Brett and Danielle Schmidt and their three daughters, Hunter, Mattilynn and Lucy will have a typical Habitat zero-interest mortgage. Affordable monthly payments will help provide the […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone School Board meeting this week was moved to Wednesday evening to allow the Boone County Supervisors to canvas last week’s election results which allowed the recently elected Board Members to take the Oath of Office. The meeting started with the Outgoing Board and concluded with recognition for Jeremy Pritchard and Dr. Ryan […]