The Webster County Fair crowned a king and a queen on Wednesday, and the job isn’t standing still and smiling for a photo. For Lane Ahlers and Aianna Kirby, it’s showing up all week, even in the sweltering heat, for their own entries, and for everyone else’s. Fair royalty carry a ...
Three new troopers are on the roads in and around Webster County, carrying on the Iowa State Patrol’s tradition of professionalism and service. Trooper Matt Winter and Trooper Payton Harris joined the patrol’s Webster County based District 7 in December. Trooper Dylan Hill arrived ...
Fort Dodge is preparing to welcome up to 30,000 people next week for the Iowa Girls High Athletic Union’s state softball tournament. All of the fans and teams will be converging on the community at a time when there is a lot of road work underway. Construction at an intersection just ...
The Webster County Board of Supervisors will appoint a new county auditor later this month, and residents interested in the job have until Friday to apply. The vacancy follows the resignation of Auditor Shaunna Abrams, who submitted her resignation letter July 10, giving the board seven days’ notice. The supervisors will meet at 10 a.m. July 28 to make the appointment, according to a notice issued Thursday by board Chair Austin Hayek. Whoever is selected will serve on an interim basis, holding the office until a candidate is elected in the Nov. 3 general election, under the state ...
By 6 a.m, the Webster County Fairgrounds are already alive. Fans hum inside livestock barns. Hoses spray down cattle and hogs. Buckets rattle against concrete, and sleepy-eyed 4-H and FFA exhibitors move from stall to stall, checking feed, filling water buckets, and preparing for another ...
BADGER — “One day, one community, one big celebration” is the theme of Badgerfest 2026 to be held Saturday. The event will feature a parade, kids games, live music and a car, truck and motorcycle show. The action will begin at 10 a.m. on the Main Street Stage, where the grand ...
