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Insulation smolders at Dayton Elementary

DAYTON — A plumbing job at the Dayton Elementary School started some insulation smoldering Monday afternoon. The incident was reported at 1:34 p.m. and the building was evacuated. Dayton Fire Chief Luke Hainzinger said a worker was soldering a pipe inside a concrete wall and some insulation began smoldering. He said firefighters “put a little bit of water in the cavity of the concrete wall just to be on the safe side.” “There was no real fire damage,” he said. Hainzinger said he expected the building to be open as usual today.

Part of South 12th Street is closed

A two-block stretch of South 12th Street has been closed temporarily. South 12th Street between Second and Fourth avenues south are closed for a storm sewer project. Detours have been posted.

Trees, Pesky Bugs, Lawn and Disease Program is Thursday

Webster County Extension will hold a Trees, Pesky Bugs, Lawn and Disease Program on 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at Webster County Extension, 822 Central Ave., Suite 102. Preregistration is preferred. To preregister go to https://go.iastate.edu/ENAS6L. Please send questions ahead of time by contacting ISU Extension and Outreach, Webster County at 515-576-2119 or email Linda Cline at lcline@iastate.edu. Join us to address whatever you are seeing in your yard, garden, trees, or pests invading your home that our experts in extension will be able to help guide how to best respond to those ...

Part of South 12th Street to be closed

A two-block stretch of South 12th Street will be closed beginning today. South 12th Street between Second and Fourth avenues south will be closed for a storm sewer project. Detours have been posted.

Disaster recovery center to open in Humboldt County

HUMBOLDT — The Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a disaster recovery center at 1 p.m. today at the Humboldt County Secondary Roads facility at 2221 220th St. FEMA staff will be there to meet one-on-one with people who were affected by flooding in Humboldt County earlier this month. After today, the center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week.

Pocahontas man killed in crash

ALGONA — According to an accident report from the Iowa State Patrol, Adam Allen, 42, of Pocahontas will killed in a crash around 1 p.m. Sunday. Allen was traveling westbound on a 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Iowa Highway 18 near 160th Avenue, east of Algona. A southbound 2024 Nissan Sentra entered the intersection without yielding at a stop sign. The 17-year-old driver of the Nissan is from Ackley and was not identified in the accident report. The driver was transported by Life Flight to MercyOne Medical Center in Mason City. The Iowa State Patrol was assisted by the ...