The entity charged with overseeing the potential creation of a new Webster County Law Enforcement Center started its work Thursday. The three-member panel that is the Webster County Public Safety Authority did not make any momentous decisions. Instead, it spent about half an hour on ...
ROCKWELL CITY — A Gowrie man will continue serving life in prison after a court upheld his 2025 conviction for murder. The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that there is enough evidence to convict Nathaniel Bevers-McGivney in the murder of 17-year-old Michele “Luna” Jackson in ...
ROCKWELL CITY — The man accused of deliberately ramming his pickup into a UTV, killing one person and seriously injuring another, is being held in jail on a bond of more than $1 million. Jaxyn S. Blum, 21, made his initial appearance in Calhoun County Magistrate Court Thursday morning. He is charged with first degree murder for the death of Kyle Rath, 19. He is also charged with attempted murder because Roger King, 21, suffered serious injuries in the crash. Authorities initially reported Blum as a Rockwell City resident, but court documents now list a corrected address of ...
For Iowa high school softball players competing at the highest level, Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports Complex is the site of all the action this week. And for hundreds of players, their home away from home this week is Iowa Central Community College. For decades, the college has housed ...
A job fair for veterans is being held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the Iowa Army National Guard Armory in Fort Dodge. The armory is located at 1659 Nelson Ave. The job fair is being held in partnership with IowaWORKS as part of the National Hire a Veteran Day promotion, which is Saturday. Robert Haege III is the Home Base Iowa program manager for IowaWORKS. He said the following businesses are planning to be at the Job Fair: VA-Central Iowa Healthcare System, Smithfield Foods, Decker Truck Line, Inc., City of Fort Dodge, CJ Bio America, Koch Fertilizer, Proteus, Silgan ...
ROCKWELL CITY — A Rockwell City man is facing a murder charge following an April 12 collision in rural Calhoun County. Jaxyn Stone Blum, 21, was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of Kyle Rath, 19, and with the attempted murder of Roger King, 21, according to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office. According to Calhoun County Sheriff Pat Riley, on April 12 at approximately 9:02 p.m. at the intersection of 290th Street and Harris Avenue, a pickup truck driven by Blum struck a utility terrain vehicle occupied by Rath and King. Rath died at the scene. King was ...
