After critiques that the Fort Dodge and state mask mandates had no mechanism for enforcement, the Webster County Board of Public Health passed a regulation Thursday that could implement penalties for businesses that allow customers to enter without face coverings. The measure passed 3-1 with ...

The Board of Health passed a mask mandate regulation Thursday afternoon, to be sent for approval to Webster County Supervisors, that includes civil penalty provisions for businesses that allow customers to enter without masks. The regulation, passed three to one, would impose fines of up to ...

For a COVID-19 contact tracer, every phone call is different. A contact tracer may be using the same worksheet form and may be asking the same questions, but each conversation they have with individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 and those who had close contact with a positive ...

It took Webster County nearly eight months to reach 2,000 COVID-19 cases, but about one month to gain the last 2,000 cases, leaving the total caseload doubled at over 4,000 now. On Oct. 28, the county had 1,940 cases. On Monday, Webster County Public Health (WCPH) said the total had increased ...

Webster County saw an increase of 203 additional COVID-19 positive cases between Monday and Wednesday, according to the Webster County Public Health Department. The new cases bring the county’s cumulative total to 3,867, with 348 cases current open and in isolation. “We have had more ...

With community spread of COVID-19 rising in Webster County, one local grocery store is taking extra steps to limit possible points of exposure in its store. Last week, Hy-Vee installed two Sterile Cart sanitizer machines at each entrance to the store. “It’s a nice machine that we ...