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News of Record: July 17, 2025

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Magistrate Court MAGISTRATE COURT Wednesday Forgery — Jamie L. Wesley, 38, 1717 Third Ave. S., preliminary hearing waived, no contact order issued. Eluding, speed over 25 mph over limit — Brandon L. Dreesman, 22, 732 S. 17th St., preliminary hearing set for July 25. Failure to ...

Artist talk to be part of Pocahontas celebration

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POCAHONTAS — An Iowa illustrator whose work includes a scene featuring the Pocahontas statue will do an artist talk and exhibition Saturday during the Pocahontas community’s 155th anniversary celebration. The program by Bob Cunningham will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Saints Peter & Paul ...

Pate, McNeeley plead not guilty to abuse of corpse

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A Fort Dodge man and woman charged separately with helping to move Dennis Jones’ body after his son shot and killed him last year have both pleaded not guilty in Webster County District Court. According to court documents, Aidan Pate, 23, and Makayla S. McNeeley, 29, pleaded not guilty ...

Paivarinta waives right to speedy trial

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A Webster County man charged with threatening to commit terrorism has waived his right to a speedy trial and will go before a jury at the end of September. Daniel Paivarinta, 27, is charged with making threats of terrorism in which he stated that he planned to purchase a firearm and use ...

Funds reallocated to test private wells

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Webster County hopes to test 30 percent of private wells throughout the county this fiscal year, thanks to a grant from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. According to Allison Roderick, environmental health officer, Webster County was given $45,454 in grant funding to provide ...