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  Allie Roode is the winner of the inaugural Banner New’s Sweet Sixteen Challenge. Allie picked 7 out of 8, Elite Eight teams and was perfect in her Final 4 selections. Allie went on to pick Villanova to beat Michigan in the National Championship giving her an almost perfect Sweet 16 bracket. When asked how […]

   DMACC Boone Campus dominated the P.B.L. State Leadership Conference last weekend at Loras College in Dubuque. With every member of the Boone team qualifying for Nationals which, will be held in Baltimore, Maryland June 23rd-26th. To add to the already successful weekend. Our Own Kelsey Adams was voted in as the new Secretary of Iowa […]

Come to McHose park this Saturday by 9:00 a.m. to register and run in the In My Boots annual 5k! The race begins at 10:00 a.m. and all of the proceeds from the run go to training service animals and reintegrating veterans. The registration on-site is $20, and online is $25. This is a community […]

The midterm elections are coming up in Iowa. With the Primaries in June, and the General in November. With these elections coming up, it is time for Iowans to be aware of the candidates and their policies, that way voters will be more informed. To be a responsible citizen, register to vote in the Courter […]

I very much enjoyed Ready Player One. Steven Spielberg consistently delivers impressive cinematic experiences and this is no exception. I rate Ready Player One 4 out of 5 stars. The plot was effective, the moral was intriguing, and there were many good elements. The movie follows Wade Watts as he and the world attempt to […]

Stephon Clark was a 22 year old father of two young boys, ages 1 and 3. Young boys who will grow up fatherless, because he was shot to death by the police on March 18th. Clark was believed to have been vandalizing cars. The police confronted him in his own backyard, mistook his cell phone […]

Over the weekend, the Boone High School’s Toreador Theatre performed Almost, Maine. The production follows nine pairings of romantically-challenged individuals all living in the nearest town to the canadian border: Almost, Maine. The show featured nine vignettes to show the stories of each of the couples and their stories. From bleak outlook to overt innuendo, […]

Two years ago Mario Chothen was going about his normal routine for his security job in downtown Des Moines. Chothen was escorting a man from a nightclub and started getting threatened by the man. Things escalated very quickly and Chothen was shot by the man three times, once in the stomach, once in the tricep, […]

This week’s winner of our Sweet 16 Elite 8 Challenge is Allie Roode. Allie selected 7 out of 8 of the Elite 8. Congratulations! Allie, you have won a $15 Subway gift card! Eat Fresh!

Journey To Normal: The Reality of Women Coming Home From War   Journey To Normal: Women of War Come Home is a documentary showing the world that women face after deployment. One statement reflected that many can view men going to war as “men doing men stuff” with the danger, action, and other elements, but […]