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🌱 What Boone drivers must know before RAGBRAI and Farm Progress traffic hits.

Boone, Iowa Patch AM: a 4 min read

Cheers Boone! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Boone drivers must know before RAGBRAI and Farm Progress traffic hits.
  • How close was Boone girls soccer to a .500 breakthrough season?

Also on today's calendar: Sunday Music Series | The Sons of Gladys Kravitz | The Cellar Winery and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, temps: high: 77, low: 54.
  • Sunday: Mainly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Commander John Sloter, Boone Police Department, Public Safety, June 11, 2026 (kwbg.com) — Boone Police Commander John Sloter outlines how the city will manage thousands of RAGBRAI riders and Farm Progress Show traffic, including closures on Story, Division, Green, Hancock, and routes toward Highway 17. He also stresses e‑bike rules, helmet use, distracted‑driving enforcement, parade routing on 11th Street, and simple steps like locking vehicles and registering home cameras to help prevent local crime.
   

• Coaches Corner for June 11th: Ollie Johnston, Boone Girls Soccer (kwbg.com) — Boone girls soccer coach Ollie Johnston looks back on a 5-9-4 season that included key wins at the Boone Invite and a dramatic double-overtime postseason loss to Newton. He highlights how a young roster, led by a small but influential senior class, showed major progress in a tough conference and set the program up for an even stronger run next spring.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Saturday June 13
  • Potato Derby – Free Summer Reading Event →
    Madrid Public Library, 100 W 3rd St, Madrid
    10:30 am
  • Potato Derby - Free Summer Reading Event
    Madrid Public Library Madrid Library, 100 West 3rd St., Madrid, IA, 50156, United States
    10:30 am
    • Monday June 15
  • Adult Book Discussion →
    Madrid Public Library, 100 W 3rd St, Madrid
    7:00 pm
    • Tuesday June 16
  • "Unearth a Story" Summer Reading Program - Preschool group
    Madrid Public Library Madrid Library, 100 West 3rd St., Madrid, IA, 50156, United States
    9:15 am
  • "Unearth a Story" Summer Reading Program - Family
    Madrid Public Library Madrid Library, 100 West 3rd St., Madrid, IA, 50156, United States
    10:15 am
    • Wednesday June 17
  • "Unearth a Story" Summer Reading Program - K-2
    Madrid Public Library Madrid Library, 100 West 3rd St., Madrid, IA, 50156, United States
    9:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Boone, Iowa in Boone. Apply here.
  • Gilbert Community School District posted a job opening for Substitute Teachers in Gilbert. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Boone here.

🗞 Nearby News

Ogden

  • Ogden softball walks off Panorama (kwbg.com)

Madrid

  • Madrid softball earns two victories (kwbg.com)
  • Adidas Makes $1.1 Billion Move 1 Day Before World Cup Kicks Off (macon.com)

Ames

Ok Boone! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Boone

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