A longtime Webster County 4-H leader will be inducted into the 2026 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame on Sunday afternoon at the Iowa State Fair. Debra Shelton will be honored for 23 years of leading…
Grassley addresses health care issues in FD visit
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley on Tuesday visited UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center, a facility he’s trying to help…
WC oxbow project was among first in Iowa
WEBSTER CITY — Nearly 30 individuals from around Iowa traveled north of Webster City Saturday to study the oxbow restoration…
Deadline nears for deer hunters
Deer hunting with bow and arrows will again be allowed in parts of Fort Dodge this fall and winter. A…
Fundraiser set for veterans fund
Area residents are invited to enjoy an all-American meal of hot dogs and corn on the cob to support a…
One injured in wreck on 169
Webster County sheriff’s deputies assess the scene minutes after a Chevrolet utility truck and a Jeep collided at about 5…
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The Fort Dodge boys golf team got their first taste of regular-season competition on…
Iowa Central squads thinking big on the pitch
The Fort Dodge girls tennis team scored a dual victory here Tuesday over Des Moines Hoover,…
Dodger girls blank DM Hoover
CLEAR LAKE - The St. Edmond girls tennis team took care of business here Tuesday on…
Gaels double up Clear Lake in tennis
Editorial
To benefit their community, bicyclists hit the trails
A large convoy of bicyclists cruised through Fort Dodge and parts of Webster County last weekend. Everyone in the group looked like they were having fun. And while doing so, they made a contribution to the future of their community. The bicycle jaunt was the Prairie Rivers Trail Ride, an annual event in which…
Every industrial facility needs people to keep all of the different systems running so that the…
Elanco, Iowa Central launch innovative apprenticeship program
One of the various construction projects impacting local drivers this summer is north of Fort Dodge,…
Safety is driving construction of roundabouts
Jim Reed and all the other volunteers who make up Shellabration Inc. have done it again.…
Shellabration Inc. is asset to Fort Dodge
Local Lifestyle
Christian artists to take the stage Aug. 30 at Iowa Central
Recording artists Andrew Ripp and Riley Clemmons are set to perform a joint concert…
Local Business
Farm Progress Show will kick off the harvest season
Evergreen Internet announces fiber optic construction project for North and South Twin Lakes
UnityPoint Clinic Norma Schmoker Imaging Center earns ACR accreditations
Search launched for next leader for Calhoun County Economic Development Corporation
Lifestyle Briefs
‘Come From Away’ auditions will be held Aug. 25-26
Auditions for this fall’s production of “Come From Away” will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 and 26 at Phillips Historic Auditorium, 1015 Fifth Ave. N. See the details on our Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1506320377247431. Audition materials are now available on our website at www.comediamusica.com/auditioninfo.
KYL is issuing new library cards
KYL adult programs scheduled
KYL invites kids and teens for fun
News Brief
Man charged with sexually abusing a child
A man has been arrested and accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old child. Eldon Eugene Rose Lanstrum, 29, of Lohrville, was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with two counts of second degree sexual abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child. According to criminal complaints filed against Lanstrum, the…
Workshop on helping grieving children is today
Lane reduction set for Fifth Avenue South bridge
Streets near damaged building to be closed
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