Dec. 9, 2004

NEWS: David Young won a special election in Hamilton County for the District 2 supervisor seat.

SPORTS: Iowa Central beat Simpson JV 74-50 in men’s basketball.

Dec. 9, 1989

NEWS: Christine Mollenkoph was the new director of Webster City’s Main Street program.

SPORTS: Fort Dodge beat Carroll Kuemper 84-62 in boys basketball.

Dec. 9, 1964

NEWS: Elsa Lucia Rincon, Myriam Paramo Gaballero, both of Bogota, Colombia, and Cecelia Sosa, of Quito, Ecuador, were experiencing their first cold Christmas, as students in Fort Dodge.

SPORTS: Fort Dodge beat Webster City 69-34 in boys basketball.