The former warden of the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility and the North Central Correctional Facility has been named the new secretary of the South Dakota Department of Corrections. Nick Lamb, who served as warden of the prisons in Fort Dodge and Rockwell City from July 2021 to February ...

In the early 1970s, leaders of two educational institutions began working on a novel concept that would enable someone to earn a bachelor’s degree without leaving Fort Dodge. That joint effort of Iowa Central Community College and Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, then called Buena ...

The Webster County Sheriff’s Office will get a new squad car after a vehicle was damaged in a car-deer accident earlier this month. The Webster County supervisors approved the purchase of a 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Patrol Explorer from Stivers Ford in Waukee for $46,900. “We were ...

WEBSTER CITY — Law enforcement in Webster City is investigating the death of a man whose body was discovered early Monday morning. Police Chief Steve Hanson reported that officers with the Webster City Police Department were dispatched to a home at 1403 Des Moines St., Webster City, around ...

Drew Essman’s curiosity helped him find a place in high school. On a whim, the Fort Dodge Senior High School senior joined band and has enjoyed it ever since. “It was something new and I was curious,” Essman said. “Now it’s something I spend most of my time doing.” Being a part ...

ROCKWELL CITY — A Webster County woman accused of physically assaulting her infant on multiple occasions and failing to seek medical care for him has changed her plea. Emma Swanson, 22, was arrested in June and charged with child endangerment — multiple acts and willful injury causing ...