The Webster County Health Department will offer a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday for Webster County residents age 65 and older who are not actively sick or in public health isolation. The clinic will begin at 10 a.m. at Crossroads Mall. All vaccinations will be by appointment only. The ...

At 1 p.m. today, the Webster County Health Department will start accepting 700 appointments for those age 65 and older wanting to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Those wishing to schedule must meet the age requirement, not be actively sick and not be in public health isolation. Vaccinations will ...

Public health departments may be divided by county lines, but area departments have been working hand-in-hand to support one another. Last week, the Calhoun County Health Department completed its Phase 1A of COVID-19 vaccinations, but still had a few remaining vials. Calhoun County Health ...

As 2020 came to a close Thursday, Webster County celebrated a new year with at least 64 fewer residents, all lost to COVID-19. The death increases over the last week have kept almost the same pace with the rate of increases through most of November and December. Since Nov. 6 alone, 47 ...

A mask mandate passed in a split vote Tuesday by Webster County Supervisors brought the county in line with a similar mandate passed by the City of Fort Dodge in November. The regulation, first drafted and passed by the Webster County Board of Health Dec. 3, requires masks or face coverings to ...

As the positivity rate continues to slowly drop in December, the death toll for victims of COVID-19 continues to hit new heights in Webster County. In less than two months, the number of people who were killed by the coronavirus nearly quadrupled, from 15 deaths on Oct. 27 to 57 deaths by ...