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News Brief

Holiday prompts trash pickup change

All Webster County and Fort Dodge city offices will be closed Monday due to the Labor Day holiday. The garbage collection schedule will be changed next week due to the holiday. Trash usually picked up on Monday will be picked up on Tuesday. Trash usually picked up on Tuesday will be ...

State lawmaker endorses Haley

Nikki Haley, a former United Nations ambassador and former governor of South Carolina, has been endorsed for the Republican presidential nomination by state Rep. Shannon Latham, R-Sheffield. Latham represents a district that includes Hamilton County, plus Franklin County, southeastern Wright ...

Highway 169 bridge project to begin Tuesday

Detours will be in place around the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Second Avenue South beginning Tuesday as a bridge repair project begins. Two beams on the bridge that carries U.S. Highway 169 over Second Avenue South will be replaced, according to the state Department of ...

First Covenant to offer grief support group

First Covenant Church will offer a 13-week support group called GriefShare beginning at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 10 at the church, 201 Ave. H. It is designed to offer help and encouragement following the death of a loved one. Weekly gatherings will consist of a video, discussion and support for each ...

Eagle Grove crash causes big fuel spill

EAGLE GROVE — A large amount of diesel fuel spilled onto a section of Iowa Highway 17 when a car and a truck collided in Eagle Grove Thursday morning. The car struck the side of the truck, puncturing one of its saddle tanks. Eagle Grove firefighters plugged the leak in the tank and built ...

Rodeo queens to sign autographs

DAYTON — The Dayton rodeo queens will be signing autographs following each performance of the Dayton Labor Day Weekend Rodeo. Dayton Wrangler Rodeo Queen Shelby Sorenson and Dayton Wrangler Junior Rodeo Queen Tayah Carter will be at the arena gate at the top of the hill tonight, Saturday ...