WRIGHT COUNTY — A Huxley woman died and a Goldfield man was injured after their UTV fell from a river bank into the Boone River early Saturday. McKenna Woodbeck, 20, of Huxley, died when she was trapped under the vehicle, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Levi Rasmussen, 21, of Goldfield, ...

The Fort Dodge City Council will move on Monday toward creating a new source of funding to help downtown building owners update their property. The council will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. The council is scheduled to act on an agreement with the private ...

Editor's note: This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and organizations from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area who are making a difference in their communities. Neven Conrad calls it his labor of love. The Fort ...

In 1950, 14-year-old Jerry Wells had saved up $65 from his 35-cents-an-hour job at The Webster City Greenhouse. Like every teenager in town, he coveted a Doodlebug scooter. Its “horse-and-a-half” Briggs & Stratton engine could drive the little scooter at 25 miles per hour, a speed of ...

HAMILTON COUNTY — The sunflower field planted near the Coyote Bend Wildlife Management area is more than a cheerful patch of yellow and black. It is a lifeline for the birds, bees and other wildlife that live in the adjacent area. The field is part of a project coordinated by the ...

At their upcoming Tuesday meeting, the Webster County Board of Supervisors will consider a building permit application from Summit Farms Pork LCC for a proposed hog confinement in Jackson Township. According to the board’s agenda for Tuesday, the bBoard is being asked to sign a ...