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Fire stopped in FD house

Firefighters quickly doused a blaze in a Fort Dodge house Friday afternoon. No one was injured and the cause of the fire at 1414 Second Ave. S. remains under investigation. The fire was reported at about 2:30 p.m. when a neighbor saw smoke coming from the front window on the upper floor of the story and half frame house. Fire Department Lt. Eric Conell said the fire was contained to one room on the upper floor. Just one hoseline was needed. According to Conell, the house was not occupied. He said it had been recently purchased, and the new owner was renovating it. Online ...

Public Safety Authority gets to work

The entity charged with overseeing the potential creation of a new Webster County Law Enforcement Center started its work Thursday. The three-member panel that is the Webster County Public Safety Authority did not make any momentous decisions. Instead, it spent about half an hour on ...

One dead in shooting

A man died as a result of a shooting Friday afternoon, according to the Fort Dodge Police Department. A suspect has been detained, police reported. Police said the shooting was an isolated incident between two people who knew each other and that there is no threat to the public. The ...

Shooting in Fort Dodge under investigation

Fort Dodge police are investigating a shooting in the 1300 block of Third Avenue North. One person was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center. The incident was reported at about 2 pm.

Bevers-McGivney to continue serving life in prison

ROCKWELL CITY — A Gowrie man will continue serving life in prison after a court upheld his 2025 conviction for murder. The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that there is enough evidence to convict Nathaniel Bevers-McGivney in the murder of 17-year-old Michele “Luna” Jackson in ...

Man held on $1 M bond in fatal crash

ROCKWELL CITY — The man accused of deliberately ramming his pickup into a UTV, killing one person and seriously injuring another, is being held in jail on a bond of more than $1 million. Jaxyn S. Blum, 21, made his initial appearance in Calhoun County Magistrate Court Thursday morning. He is charged with first degree murder for the death of Kyle Rath, 19. He is also charged with attempted murder because Roger King, 21, suffered serious injuries in the crash. Authorities initially reported Blum as a Rockwell City resident, but court documents now list a corrected address of ...