Boone County News

Ed Failor, Jr., who heads the conservative group Iowans for Tax Relief, made headlines during this year's legislative session when he compared Democratic legislative leaders to 'jack-booted Nazis' after an unruly crowd of conservatives was ejected from the Iowa House during a public hearing on proposed changes to the state income tax code.

This time last year it was cursed for its flooding. But Friday, the Des Moines River flowing through the city will be celebrated as a state water trail.

A Boone woman was killed and a man was injured Friday night when a car they were riding in slid into a ditch and rolled several times, state troopers said Saturday.

Note: Arrest for a crime is not a determination of guilt. Guilt or innocence is always established in a court of law.

Sundell Jr., 77, of Boxholm, Iowa, died suddenly Monday, April 6, 2009, at his home.

Winter is back. The National Weather Service is predicting between four and seven inches of snow across the northern half of Iowa today.

The Iowa attorney general's office confirmed Monday that it will ask the state's Supreme Court to review a ruling that throws out hours of videotaped statements made by a Boone woman accused of helping plot to kill her husband.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that throws out hours of videotaped statements by a Boone woman prosecutors accuse of helping plot to kill her husband.

Are you ready for some excitement downtown? For the first time ever in Cedar Rapids a building will be imploded this Saturday.

Boone County authorities are investigating the death of a man found north of Boone Monday night.

It was all pancakes today at the International House of Pancakes, and all of the short stacks were in an effort to stack up some cash for the Children's Miracle Network.

The Boone County Sheriff's Department is investigating a death Monday night. The adult male was found dead in a wooded area around 6 p.m. near 115th Rd.

Friends of the family of 4-month-old Tryniti Hill are still in shock as they try to come to terms with the loss of the little girl.

Authorities say the driver of a car that ended up in an icy river near Pilot Mound in central Iowa is recovering.

Another fire in Boone County claims another life. This time an elderly woman died inside a burning garage.

An investigation is under way into the discovery of a body in a burning garage in rural Boone County.

One person is dead after garage fire in Boone County. Firefighters were called to the 1300 block of L Avenue, just west of Boone, around 5 p.m. Sunday.

One person was found dead after a garage fire today in rural Boone County. The person, whose name has not been released, was located in a vehicle in the garage, which was destroyed in the fire.

One man has died in a fire that damaged a building in downtown Boone and continued to burn through much of the day.

Since 2004, Child Care Junction, located at 1111 S. Linn St., has aimed to provide quality child care for children throughout Boone County and a recent assessment of the organization's offerings conducted by ...