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Iowa women who saved industry

WEBSTER CITY — The stories of the women from Iowa who were truly living the life of “Rosie the Riveter” during the 1940s will be presented on Saturday afternoon at the Wilson Brewer Park. “Rosie the Riveters of Iowa” will be presented by author Linda Betsinger McCann from Shell ...

Go and Do: Sept. 12, 2025

Around the area HUMBOLDT — Humboldt Farmer’s Market is 8 a.m. to noon SATURDAY in the 600 block of Sumner Avenue, downtown Humboldt. LEHIGH — Lehigh Methodist Church, Lehigh, is holding a Second Sunday Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. SUNDAY at the church. The menu is chicken and noodles on ...

‘A WIN FOR EVERYONE’

Fort Dodge city officials dared to dream big with the state softball tournament. The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is making sure that long-term vision comes to life. The IGHSAU officially announced the first 20-year contract extension in state softball tournament history on ...

EMS council OKs some funding rules

Volunteer fire departments in Webster County that provide some emergency medical care, but do not transport patients in ambulances would initially get $10,000 from a new EMS tax. But to keep getting that money in the future, those departments would have to get licensed by the state ...

Teen dies in car accident

LAKE CITY — A sophomore student at South Central Calhoun High School has died after a multi-vehicle accident Wednesday morning. In a letter to district students and staff that was posted to social media, South Central Calhoun Superintendent Brad Anderson and High School Principal Sara ...