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Calhoun and Humboldt County election results

Below are the unofficial results for Calhoun and Humboldt counties' city and school elections. In these results, an “i” stands for incumbent. CALHOUN COUNTY Farnhamville Council Member (Vote for 3) Barbara Gregg: 47 Brittney Pearson: 32 Jerome Moulds: 20 Ryan Willison: ...

Winter weather coming soon

WIth today’s forecast calling for sunny skies and temperatures in the upper-40s, snow and ice storms aren’t on many central Iowans’ minds. Still, the National Weather Service, Iowa Homeland Security and emergency management agencies across the state want to remind Iowans of the ...

New faces added at Growth Alliance

New faces and some familiar people in new roles now make up the staff of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance. Astra Ferris, who became chief executive officer of the Growth Alliance in September, introduced the current staff. Jefferson Fosbender has been named economic development ...

1 injured in rollover on Highway 20 Thursday

A Fort Dodge man was seriously injured on Thursday morning when the semi truck he was driving rolled after being hit by another semi on U.S. Highway 20 near Xavier Avenue in eastern Webster County. According to the crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, Martin Velazquez-Trujillo, of ...

Otho veteran manned big guns in South Vietnam

When American troops in South Vietnam needed some heavy firepower to help them out, they relied on soldiers like Kenneth Sjogren. Sjogren and his fellow artillery men would rain down high explosives on the enemy any time they got a call for help. The Otho man spent a year in South ...

Go and Do: Nov. 10, 2023

In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — The Fort Dodge Veterans Day observance will be held TODAY at St. Edmond Catholic School, 2321 Sixth Ave. N. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m., with music starting at 10:45 a.m. and the ceremony beginning at 10:59 a.m. Mark Thompson, a retired Marine Corps colonel ...