A longtime Webster County 4-H leader will be inducted into the 2026 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame on Sunday afternoon at the Iowa State Fair. Debra Shelton will be honored for 23 years of leading the C/C Sidekicks 4-H Club in a program her family has been part of for three generations. “For the ...
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley on Tuesday visited UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center, a facility he’s trying to help with new legislation. The Republican senator expressed hope that his bill will see final passage by the end of the year, providing much needed funding to ...
WEBSTER CITY — Nearly 30 individuals from around Iowa traveled north of Webster City Saturday to study the oxbow restoration work done by Ray Fry, a local farm manager who started the project working with some state and federal agencies. The property, which is now owned by Seldon Spencer, ...
Deer hunting with bow and arrows will again be allowed in parts of Fort Dodge this fall and winter. A deadline is looming for hunters who want to participate. The dates for the next hunt are Sept. 19 through Jan. 10, 2027. Those dates were approved by the City Council on March ...
Area residents are invited to enjoy an all-American meal of hot dogs and corn on the cob to support a fund dedicated to helping local veterans. The Beers and Ears benefit will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the VFW Post 1856, 518 S. 29th St. The cost is $20. For that price, each person will get a quarter-pound hot dog, two ears of Grimes peaches and cream sweet corn and a commemorative stein. All proceeds will go to the Veterans Needs Fund, according to Mike Larson, a spokesman for the Fort Dodge Veterans Council. He said that fund will be managed by the Veterans Council to ...
Webster County sheriff’s deputies assess the scene minutes after a Chevrolet utility truck and a Jeep collided at about 5 p.m. Monday in the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Avenue G. The collision propelled the Jeep into the highway median, where it may have rolled over. The driver of ...
