BOONE, Iowa—The Boone County Historical Society hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this week to reopen the Fareway Gallery. The Historical Society Board hosted Fareway representatives, members and the Boone County Chamber for the event. The event also featured the Boone County Merchants area of the Fareway Gallery with more than 300 items from the Historical […]

MADRID, Iowa—National Public Lands Day was last Saturday. The Ledges State Park celebrates with other state parks with a statewide Volunteer Day. The volunteer event at Ledges over the past couple of years has been the removal of invasive species. In total 45 volunteers worked for 2 hours each to help continue that project. Andy […]

BOONE, Iowa—The Boone Fire Department scheduled a training for Saturday, probably not expecting temps into the upper 90’s. The training is called “Big Rig Rescue Training” and was conducted by instructors from Professional Rescue Innovations and supported by several individuals and businesses. The Boone Fire Department posted information on their Facebook page. The Boone Fire […]

BOONE, Iowa—Today, the Boone Walmart Supercenter celebrated it’s Grand Re-Opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a big celebration wrapping up several months of a significant remodeling. The Boone Walmart was one of ten in the state receiving a major make over. Others were Ames, Cedar Rapids, Creston, Dubuque, Fairfield, Independence, Grinnell, Ottumwa and Pella. […]

BOONE, Iowa—Plans are coming together for Boone to host RVTV this Thursday. Many activities will be located downtown around the Greenspace at 8th and Story Streets. The event will also replace the Friday on the Green plan for September. A reminder that Story Street will be closed from 7th Street to 9th Street and 8th […]

BOONE, Iowa—Ledges State Park Manager Andy Bartlett hosted the “Ledges Ultimate Hike” last Saturday and drew an ambitious crowd willing to take on the distance and steep trails. On the “Ledges Nature Notes” press release, Bartlett reported they hiked 6.30 miles in 2 hours, 54 minutes with an elevation climb of 758 feet. Bartlett noted […]

BOONE, Iowa—Iowa Senator Joni Ernst made a stop in Boone to learn more about Critical Materials Recycling, a business on the verge of expanding their operation in the Boone Industrial Park. Dan Bina, President and CEO of CMR, gave Ernst a tour of their operation which has been able to secure funding to start using […]

1B: Cole Bowers-Boone (SR) .269avg 0HR 29RBI 28hits 2B: Easton Halverson-Madrid (JR) .242avg 0HR 4RBI .946fielding % SS: Dylan England-Boone (SR) .430avg 3HR 32RBI 40hits 3B: Tyler Lindahl-Boone (SR) .299avg 0HR 15RBI 26hits C: Noah Davies-Boone (JR) .300avg 3HR 22RBI 27hits P: Colson Carson-Ogden (JR) 6-3 2.58ERA 73k’s 62.1IP LF: Mason Moorman-Madrid (Soph) .333avg 0HR […]

1B: Camryn Askelsen-Ogden (JR) .320avg 0HR 17RBI .963fielding % 2B: Sophie Seligman-Ogden (Soph) .368avg 1HR 30RBI 24stolen bases SS: Aubrey Leonard-Ogden (JR) .429avg 3HR 21RBI 52runs 64stolen bases 3B: Adi Banks-Ogden (FR) .342avg 0HR 28RBI 10doubles C: Harleigh Janssen-Ogden (JR) .398avg 0HR 38RBI 19runners thrown out P: Katie Wilcoxson-Ogden (JR) 21-7 2.91ERA 95k’s 171innings pitched […]

BOONE, Iowa—Former Governor and Former USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack hosted a forum Thursday morning at the Ericson Public Library. Vilsack spoke about his forward vision concerning the many issues facing Iowa farmers and how those issues affect rural communities. He spoke about the farm numbers and the amount of land no longer in production just […]