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News of Record: Aug. 19, 2026

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Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Tuesday No valid drivers license — Jeremy L. Altman, 45, 903 N. Third St., $260 plus surcharge, court costs. Violation of probation — Zachary S. Hammond, 40, Lehigh, further proceedings to be scheduled. Second degree sexual abuse — Eldon Eugene Rose Lanstrum, 29, Lohrville, two counts, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 28, no contact order issued. Lascivious acts with a child — Eldon Eugene Rose Lanstrum, 29, Lohrville, two counts, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 28, no contact order issued. Violation of a no contact order — Melissa ...

Man charged with sexually abusing a child

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A man has been arrested and accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old child. Eldon Eugene Rose Lanstrum, 29, of Lohrville, was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with two counts of second degree sexual abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child. According to criminal complaints filed against Lanstrum, the abuse occurred Sept. 28, 2025, at a residence in Harcourt. He was arrested on Monday and made his initial appearance in Webster County Magistrate Court Tuesday morning. Magistrate Sarah J. Livingston set a preliminary hearing for Aug. 28. She ...

Shelton to be inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame

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A longtime Webster County 4-H leader will be inducted into the 2026 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame on Sunday afternoon at the Iowa State Fair. Debra Shelton will be honored for 23 years of leading the C/C Sidekicks 4-H Club in a program her family has been part of for three generations. “For the ...

WC oxbow project was among first in Iowa

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WEBSTER CITY — Nearly 30 individuals from around Iowa traveled north of Webster City Saturday to study the oxbow restoration work done by Ray Fry, a local farm manager who started the project working with some state and federal agencies. The property, which is now owned by Seldon Spencer, ...

Fundraiser set for veterans fund

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Area residents are invited to enjoy an all-American meal of hot dogs and corn on the cob to support a fund dedicated to helping local veterans. The Beers and Ears benefit will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the VFW Post 1856, 518 S. 29th St. The cost is $20. For that price, each person will get a quarter-pound hot dog, two ears of Grimes peaches and cream sweet corn and a commemorative stein. All proceeds will go to the Veterans Needs Fund, according to Mike Larson, a spokesman for the Fort Dodge Veterans Council. He said that fund will be managed by the Veterans Council to ...

FD man charged in attack on woman

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A Fort Dodge man who threatened a woman with a knife and held her in her own apartment against her will early Sunday morning faces a long list of criminal charges, court records indicate. Kevin D. Garvin, 27, of 903 Eighth St. S.W., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and was charged with: • Violation of parole. • First-degree robbery. • Willful injury causing bodily injury. • First-degree harassment. • Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. • False imprisonment. • Obstruction of emergency communications. The incident happened between midnight and 4:37 a.m. ...