The Frontier Days parade on Saturday will again follow a new route that travels part of the way on First Avenue North downtown. For decades, the parade went straight west on Central Avenue from about 15th Street to the City Square. Last year, major construction at the intersection of ...

EMTs and paramedics in Webster County will now be subject to a code of conduct that is much like the ones private and public employers have. Dr. Racheal Lewis, the emergency physician who is the medical director for EMS units in the county, said Wednesday evening that it “mimics what most ...

Webster County primary election voters joined voters across the state to make Josh Turek and Ashley Hinson the Democratic and Republican nominees for the United States Senate. U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, carried Webster County in his quest for the Republican nomination for governor as ...

Candidates for various Webster County positions coasted to their party’s nominations with no opposition during Tuesday’s primary election. County Attorney Darren Driscoll, a Democrat, won 1,129 votes. He has no primary opponent and no general election foe. He was appointed to serve as ...

The Webster County Supervisors approved the purchase of a John Deere tractor for the Secondary Roads Department Tuesday. The supervisors approved the purchase of a John Deere 6140M tractor from KC Nielsen, Ltd. for $157,800.63. The tractor will be a replacement for another in the Roads ...

A separate building housing a weight room and a shop for building stage scenery was included in the Fort Dodge Senior High School renovation proposal that voters approved last year by passing the needed borrowing authority. On Tuesday, the city’s Board of Adjustment gave its OK to that ...