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By Mia Wang, Dalton Patterson Known for being a Railroad Town, Boone celebrates Pufferbilly Days the first weekend after Labor Day each year. The celebration is rated as one of the top five celebrations in Iowa with over 30,000 people every year. For DMACC students, the parade will be Saturday, Sept. 9 at 9 a.m. […]

Banner News reporter Madi Neely interviewed DMACC Provost Drew Nelson on the activities that occurred when Channel 13’s RVTV came to town. RVTV was a great opportunity for the Boone community to celebrate the inter-state rivalry between the University of Iowa and Iowa State University as the annual collegiate football game approaches.

Shaniah Paige, a musician from Roseville, IL, performed Wednesday, Sept 6, in Courter Center. She is 19 years old and was named after Shania Twain. Her mom Angela said she added  the H so Shaniah could be her own person. Angela gave the following information about Shaniah: She has been professionally touring for the last […]

Snippets of Life By Kirsten Dodd, Computer Science Instructor Boone DMACC A few years ago one of my cats had a funny adventure. During the garden harvesting season, we often have fly strips hanging in our kitchen to get veggie gnats. A bird had somehow gotten into the house one morning and got stuck to the […]

Mia and Mary By Mia Wang and Mary Rowan Banner News staff writers   Banner News reporters on Friday asked students and staff their plans for Labor Day. Melanie Murray, the library circulation assistant, said for Saturday and Sunday she will just relax and hangout with friends. On Monday, she will have a family reunion […]

Students from SDV 288 Leadership Development Studies, taught by professor Chris Moon answered this important question: “Who do you look up to as a leader?” Charity Benson Lexi Bray Joniqua Clark Lacey Clark Brianna Harvey Kenzie Justice Tiffanie Koch Sadie Mai Andrew Madison Wali Parks Madison Paulsen Leiah Paustian Kennedy Pieken Mary Rowan Kolton Scherbenske […]

By Mariana Pacheco Guest Columnist, DMACC Honors student   Depression is a very serious condition. It affects one in every five women and one in every ten men. The Mayo Clinic defines depression as a condition of general emotional dejection and withdrawal; sadness greater and more prolonged by any objective reason. The bigger problem caused […]

By Grayden Wilson-Crumb Guest Columnist              Kong is still king. It’s been 12 years since the world was given another King Kong film. Peter Jackson’s take on the 1933 classic King Kong was a loving recreation of the original film, while still taking artistic liberties with the character of Kong. Jackson presented the King as […]

Are junior colleges through out the US being taken advantage of by students, or are they being taken for granted? There is a large amount of junior colleges in the US, almost too many to count. At a majority of these junior colleges, the funding isn’t nearly as much as universities or other 4 year […]

The Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) has named Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) softball player Bre Hunter the ICCAC Division II Softball Player of the Week for the week of April 10 to 16. Hunter, a freshman from Boone, is the fifth DMACC softball player to be honored by the conference this season. […]