HARCOURT — Just a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, a new gymnasium debuted at the Harcourt Consolidated School. The building’s days as the site of physical education classes and high school basketball games ended in 1978. That’s ...

Webster County Auditor Shaunna Abrams resigned Tuesday, notifying the Board of Supervisors she will leave office July 16 — less than two years into the four-year term she won in 2024. Abrams, a Republican who took office Jan. 2, 2025, submitted her formal resignation to the board at 4:37 ...

HUMBOLDT — The Fort Dodge Area Quilters’ Quilts for Veterans Committee presented two veterans with Quilts of Valor in Humboldt recently. Gary D. Hendricks served from 1961 to 1970. His first tour of duty was in the Navy. He was at the first atomic test range in 1962 off Johnson ...

Fort Dodge officials attempted to take control of the sports complex at Corridor Plaza Monday in a move that appears likely to launch a court battle between the local government and the firm that is now operating the complex. The city contends that MandM LLC has violated the terms of the ...

The Kwik Star store that stood at the intersection of Second Avenue North and 15th Street is gone. Where it once stood, construction crews are working to build a new, larger one. The new store will measure 7,320 square feet. It will have eight fuel pumps. The new store will be set back ...