Mother Nature wasn’t quite done with winter as she brought more than two inches of snow and high winds on Sunday, which created blizzard conditions. “Yesterday was a long day,” Webster County Engineer Jamie Johll said Monday. “We concentrated on paved routes yesterday and this ...
A couple of dogs that got loose in the middle of Sunday night’s blizzard made it home safely thanks to the help of a pair of Fort Dodge police officers. Lt. Joe Bates and Patrol Officer Bryan Slama helped Kari Swisher find her runaway dogs. “Without these two officers, I would have never found them,” Swisher said Monday afternoon. “I just appreciate the Police Department in general and I really appreciate these two officers going above and beyond and caring about their citizens,” she added. Police Chief Dennis Quinn described Bates and Slama as “very excellent veteran ...
The grim specter of homicide has touched the McCuddin family of Fort Dodge once again. On Oct. 2, 2004, Lisa McCuddin, 23, was shot to death in Fort Dodge. Now her son, who was 10 months old when she died, stands accused of stabbing his sister and nephew to death. Davontrez R. McCuddin, 22, of Fort Dodge, made his initial appearance in Story County Magistrate Court Monday on two counts of first-degree murder. He is accused of stabbing his sister, 26-year-old Markasia McCuddin, of Ames, and her son, 1-year-old Liam Sanders-McCuddin, Friday night in Ames. District Associate ...
Just days after the sun was shining and temperatures were in the 50s, Mother Nature wasn’t ready for spring yet. The blizzard warning was slated for 7 a.m. Sunday through 7 a.m. on Monday, waited a little bit longer, but it came with a bang. The snow hit Fort Dodge around 3 p.m. in a ...
A man wanted in connection with a January shooting in Fort Dodge has been charged with stabbing a woman and child to death Friday night in Ames, according to Ames police. Davontrez R. McCuddin, 22, of Fort Dodge, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, police in Ames reported. At 8:42 p.m. Friday, police and emergency medical personnel were dispatched to 3917 Tripp St. in Ames for a reported stabbing. There they found a woman and a young child, both suffering from multiple stab wounds. Both of them died, police reported. Officers found McCuddin nearby and arrested ...
Webster County Supervisor Austin Hayek is seeking a second term in office. Hayek, who is the chairman of the Board of Supervisors, has declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in District 1. “I am seeking reelection to further build upon the progress achieved in Webster County,” he said in a written statement. “There are significant opportunities to continue to drive improvement in infrastructure, conserve natural resources, promote quality of life projects, advance economic development that supports the vitality of our communities as well as the wellbeing of our ...
