The lack of video evidence available in the April 2025 murder of Michele “Luna” Jackson in Farnhamville prompted a discussion between area law enforcement agencies and Webster County Crimestoppers about strengthening rural public safety. Those conversations later created the Eyes on Webster ...
During the summer months, kayaks and inner tubes can be seen on the Des Moines River near Fort Dodge. Occasionally, a personal water craft might be spotted. But the river is generally too shallow for anything else. It wasn’t always that way. Surprisingly, a small steamboat traveled the ...
Editor’s note: In the years following the Revolutionary War, the United States stood as an unfinished nation. Victory had secured independence, formalized by the Treaty of Paris, but it had not secured stability. The young republic was burdened by war debt, constrained under the Articles of ...
The U.S. House approved, 224-200, a five-year farm bill Thursday as members of Congress attempt to update major agriculture and nutrition policy after three years of extensions. The bill would authorize subsidy and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2031. The nonpartisan ...
Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Thursday Third-degree theft — Jenna F. Germundson, 33, 707 Seventh Ave. N., three counts, preliminary hearing set for May 8. Fourth-degree theft — Jenna F. Germundson, 33, 707 Seventh Ave. N., preliminary hearing set for May 8. Fifth-degree theft ...