GOWRIE — Genealogy took Southeast Valley High School history teacher Josh Dyer to many cemeteries over the years, and he kept noticing the same thing: some headstones were cared for, others left to the weather and covered in moss and dirt. This spring, Dyer handed seven Southeast Valley ...

WEBSTER CITY — A house fire claimed one life Thursday morning. According to neighbors, the homeowner was in a wheelchair, and rarely left the house. In a press release from Fire Chief Chuck Stansfield, details on the fire were released. The Webster City Fire Department responded to a ...

Around the area CALLENDER — Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Callender, will host its annual garage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. SATURDAY. Please use west door. In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Frontier Days will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. TODAY with opening ceremony, live music and kids zone. ...

The Frontier Days parade on Saturday will again follow a new route that travels part of the way on First Avenue North downtown. For decades, the parade went straight west on Central Avenue from about 15th Street to the City Square. Last year, major construction at the intersection of ...

EMTs and paramedics in Webster County will now be subject to a code of conduct that is much like the ones private and public employers have. Dr. Racheal Lewis, the emergency physician who is the medical director for EMS units in the county, said Wednesday evening that it “mimics what most ...