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Windy Wednesday inflicts damage

About 3,000 MidAmerican Energy customers in Webster County were without electricity for a couple hours Wednesday afternoon when a grass fire got too close to an electrical substation. The fire did not spread into the substation near U.S. Highway 169 and 190th Street, according to Geoff ...

Public works sprays streets in advance of snow

People traveling around Fort Dodge Wednesday might have noticed some white streaks on the pavement that weren’t there before. Those white streaks were put there by Public Works Department crews to give them a little bit of an edge when dealing with today’s expected snow. The faint ...

EMS money agreements proposed for Farnhamville, Stratford

Ambulance units from Farnhamville and Stratford would receive some of the money from Webster County’s emergency medical tax under proposed agreements headed to the Board of Supervisors. The volunteer fire departments in those two communities have provided ambulance service to relatively small areas of southern Webster County for decades. Exactly how much money each agency would receive hasn’t been calculated yet. The Dayton Rescue Squad and the Southwest Webster Emergency Medical Service in Gowrie will each receive a bit less if the agreements are approved by the supervisors and ...

Still standing for veterans

FARNHAMVILLE — For generations, a flag has waved over Reading Township Cemetery as a quiet guardian for all of the veterans interred on the grounds. But the base of that flagpole has been crumbling for years due to time and weather. Mike Ewing, commander for American Legion Post 510, ...

Taking center stage with Lauren Jones

Lauren Jones listened and absorbed her surroundings when she was a youngster, and that helped form her love for music. “I became involved in band when I was in middle school,” said the Fort Dodge Senior High senior. “I was mostly inspired by my dad, because he played his drums ...

Area students make Iowa State Dean’s List

AMES — The following area students were named to the Dean’s List at Iowa State University in Ames for the fall semester. Algona Ava R. Bartolo, Violet K. Bode, Kaitlyn Burns, Ashley R. Cantu, Jackson A. Cecil, Audi R. Crooks, Ava Eisenbarth, Sam Greteman, Brooklyn P. Helmers, Ava Hough, Morgan Kelly, Taylor Kelly, Olivia lampe, Reid Louwagie, Jaylyn A. Meyers, Harsh Modi, Brendan Plathe, Jackson Springer, Casey VanOtterloo, Alaina M. Venteicher, Badger Klaire Adams, Kennedy Bailey, Reese Pederson, Claire M. Weydert. Bancroft Shelby L. Fraker Clarion Ady Askelsen, Jackson ...