If you live in Boone County there is a real good chance your last name is Anderson, Rodriguez or Johnson, but you will have to keep up with the Garcia's, the Browns and the Martinez's. The list is out of the most common last names of residents of Boone County.
While the accident is still under investigation, what do you see in this video footage? Did driver of car fail to yield or was the school bus going too fast.
The full-blown cold of winter is not upon us yet, but local officials are grabbing a head start by getting out information about warming centers around the area.
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One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Boone County.
According to our partners at Eyewitness News it happened earlier this morning:
Police say that a car was traveling eastbound on Quail Trap Road near Caledonia but lost control of the vehicle near a curve and struck a tree...
The American Cancer Society is looking for help in Boone County.
The organization's Road To Recovery program helps patients get to much-needed appointments for medical treatments via free rides provided by volunteers. The Society is currently looking for volunteer drivers in Boone County so all patients have transportation when they need it...
A number of local high school students just got good news from The Chrysler Foundation.
The organization has announced more than $230,000 in grants to support robotics programs across the United States. $5,000 of that total is heading to the Belvidere, Belvidere North & North Boone High Schools’ Flaming Monkeys 4-H Robotics Club.
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With temperatures in the single digits tonight and frigid conditions expected the rest of the week, Winnebago and Boone county officials have released a list of warming centers in the region.
Officials say centers are designed to provide safe and warm locations during extreme cold temperatures for those without housing as well as those who may not have the resources to heat their homes adequately.