LAKE CITY — Visitors to the Lake City Community Memorial Building may notice a new addition standing tall on the east side of the front lawn. A brand-new flagpole was erected — a project brought to life by the hands, hearts, and shared patriotism of local veterans and community ...
WEBSTER CITY — A two vehicle accident has claimed the lives of both drivers Wednesday near Webster City. The crash occurred shortly after noon when a car entered the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 20, traveling eastbound. According to a press release from the Webster City Police Department, officers from that department and deputies from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the area in an attempt to intercept the wrong-way vehicle. Before emergency responders could arrive, the vehicle traveling the wrong direction collided head-on with a westbound ...
A higher level of pre-hospital care will be more readily available to residents of southern Webster County when the new emergency medical service coordinator begins working there. Scott Richard, a paramedic, will respond with the Dayton Rescue Squad and Southwest Webster Emergency Medical Service when those units have calls involving the most seriously ill and injured patients. As a paramedic, Richard can administer drugs, interpret heart rhythms and provide other treatments that the emergency medical technicians in those two units cannot do. Richard outlined his plans to base his ...
On a regular basis, emergency medical service providers and firefighters in Webster County get called to help pick someone up off the floor or the ground. These kinds of responses are called lift assists. They are often defined as situations in which someone falls from a standing or sitting position, is not hurt, but cannot get up by themselves. To ensure that a trained emergency medical responder assesses a person in need of a lift assist, the Fort Dodge Fire Department will begin responding to those calls in the northern half of Webster County. The procedure was announced during ...
Police Log FORT DODGE Tuesday A suspicious person was reported in the 1400 block of Fourth Avenue South. A suspicious person was reported in the 800 block of Kenyon Road. A missing person was reported in the 300 block of Avenue M West. Child neglect was reported in the 1000 block of Avenue C. A traffic hazard was reported in the 1100 block of Central Avenue. A custody issue was reported in the 700 block of First Avenue South. An open door was reported in the 700 block of South 22nd Street. A fight was reported in the 700 block of North Seventh Street. A welfare ...
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