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Fort Dodge Women’s Connection brunch set for Tuesday, RSVP required

Fort Dodge Women’s Connection will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday at Tea Thyme, 2021 Sixth Ave. S. Reservations must be made by today by calling Kathy Meinders at 515-408-7981 or Vicky Messerly at 515-571-5380. Cost is $15 inclusive. The speaker will be Sheila Abood, from Kearney, Nebraska. She has a large family and owns a construction business. She calls herself a frugality expert. The special feature will be Jane Morlan, a cosmetologist at Danny’s Hair Fashions in Fort Dodge. She specializes in skin, hair, and nails care, and wigs for cancer (chemotherapy) patients. The next ...

From our files: May 2011

Go and Do: May 8, 2026

Around the area OTHO/COALVILLE — Citywide garage sales will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on SATURDAY in Otho and Coalville. Some sales may be held TODAY and SUNDAY, or with different hours, depending on location. In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Flea Market is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SATURDAY and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. SUNDAY at the Webster County Fairgrounds, 22770 Old Highway 169 S. Saturday gate admission is $2 per person or $5 maximum per vehicle. Sundays are free. FORT DODGE — The Fort Museum, 1 Museum Road, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. TODAY and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. SATURDAY and ...

News of Record: May 8, 2026

Drug, sex offense charges filed in Harcourt incidents HARCOURT — A Harcourt man is in jail, charged with drug and sexual offenses, court records reveal. A woman who lives with him has also been arrested on drug charges and tampering with a witness, according to those records. Zein M. Ibrahim, 38, was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday and was charged with: ∫ Two counts of manufacturing, delivering or possessing with intent to deliver marijuana ∫ Two counts of failure to affix drug stamp ∫ Three counts of assault with intent to commit sexual ...

From our files: May 2011

Grassley pushes plan for rural hospitals

UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center is one of the hospitals benefitting from a Medicare plan championed by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley to help rural health care facilities. It is called the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration. Grassley, a Republican, said it “gives rural hospitals a better shot at keeping their doors open to provide care for the community.” Grassley and U.S. Sen,. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, have introduced a bill that would extend the program for another five years. “The Community Demonstration program is essential to the sustainability of ...