Residents of Humboldt and Webster counties will have a free way to properly dispose of old paint in the coming week. The North Central Iowa Regional Solid Waste Agency will hold a free residential paint collection days Thursday, Friday and Saturday at its facility at 2141 Gypsum Hollow Road. Collection hours are: • 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday • 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday • 7:30 a.m to noon Saturday
A man was arrested after showing a handgun and threatening to shoot people during a Monday afternoon incident in Dayton. Kohl B. Anderson, 27, of Boone, was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with domestic abuse assault, display or use of a weapon, first offense, according to criminal complaints. The incident happened at 3:25 p.m. Monday in a residence on First Street Northwest in Dayton. Anderson showed a handgun to a woman and her friends multiple times and threatened to shoot people, deputies wrote in the criminal complaints. He also grabbed the woman's ...
Get ready for a little magic, mystery, and sisterhood at the Fort Dodge Public Library’s "Practical Magic" Movie Night at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the library 424 Central Ave. Join us for a special screening of the beloved 1998 film “Practical Magic,” starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, two witches navigating family, love, and a little bit of supernatural trouble. This is the perfect chance to revisit the magic of the Owens sisters before the long awaited “Practical Magic 2” hits the big screen. The program is free and open to the ...
The Fort Dodge Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the conference room of the library, 424 Central Ave.
A small natural gas leak in southern Fort Dodge was quickly controlled early Friday afternoon. The leak was reported at 1:10 p.m. near Ninth Avenue South and 29th Street. A contractor struck and broke an underground service line, according to Geoff Greenwood, a spokesman for MidAmerican Energy. He said a service line connects a gas main to a single customer, which in this case was a residence. A MidAmerican Energy crew stopped the leak within five minutes of arriving, Fire Department Capt. Jeff Hill said. He said firefighters used air monitoring equipment to check the area round ...
A long section of busy North Ninth Street will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, so that it can be repaved. The road will be closed between First Avenue North and Seventh Avenue North. Traffic will be detoured onto North Seventh Street. At the intersection of First Avenue North and North Ninth Street, traffic will be able to go east, west and south. At the intersection of Seventh Avenue North and North Ninth Street, traffic will be able to go west and north onto Williams Drive. All intersections between First Avenue North and Seventh Avenue North will be closed.