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News of Record: Oct. 16, 2026

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Thursday Domestic abuse assault of a pregnant person with intent to inflict serious injury, first offense — Felixavier Maldonado Soto, 42, 433 Third St. N.W., preliminary hearing set for Oct. 23. Driving while license suspended — John W. Dungan III, 35, Des Moines, $491.25. Possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, first offense — Jose A. Gonzalez, 23, St. Pauls, North Carolina, continued until Oct. 22. Property maintenance code violation — Carolina Espinoza, 1222 Fourth Ave. N., continued until Nov. 18. Dominic D. Diekman, 127 11th ...

Man sent to prison for enticing a juvenile

SAC CITY — A Sac City man has been sentenced to prison for five years after pleading guilty to using various social media platforms to entice a girl into sexual conduct, according to the Sac County Attorney’s Office. Joshua W. Phillips, 43, had pleaded guilty to one count of grooming, according to the County Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said that during the early months of this year, Phillips used Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp and text messages to build a romantic relationship with a girl and to entice her to engage in sexual conduct with him. They said he used code words in ...

Airport project will give passengers more room

After passengers flying out of Fort Dodge Regional Airport clear the security checkpoint, they must sit or stand in a relatively small area while they wait to board their plane. And there is no bathroom there. Anyone needing to use the bathroom has to go back into the main part of the ...

From our files: October 2011

Paramedic level care coming to southern Webster County

A higher level of emergency medical care will be available faster in southern Webster County by the end of this year. The county’s emergency medical service coordinator, Scott Richard, said Thursday he plans to move his base of operations from Fort Dodge to Gowrie. From there, he will ...

Four new homes going up in Lynx Development

Four new homes are under construction in the Lynx Development #2 in southeast Webster City. The company building them was formerly known as Quirk Development, but has filed plans for the new homes under the name HQ Homes. The company is owned by Dean and Holly Quirk, and is based in Ankeny. ...