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Go and Do: June 5, 2026

Around the area CALLENDER — Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Callender, will host its annual garage sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. SATURDAY. Please use west door. In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Frontier Days will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. TODAY with opening ceremony, live music and kids zone. SATURDAY hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The parade will be held in downtown Fort Dodge beginning at 10 a.m. SUNDAY hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 for a wristband, $5 for ages 2-11, for the weekend. Activities include a car show from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and farmers market from 10 a.m. to 2 ...

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News of Record: June 5, 2026

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Thursday Violation of parole — Xavier Jamie Lee Rhone, 30, 243 N. 12th St., transferred to Parole Board. First degree burglary — Xavier Jamie Lee Rhone, 30, 243 N. 12th St., preliminary hearing set for June 12, no contact order issued. Violation of probation — Amanda M. Bass, 53, 1222 Ç First Ave. N., hearing set for June 15. Violation of a no contact order — Amanda M. Bass, 53, 1222 1/2 First Ave. N., continued 180 days. Estrella A. Mendez, 25, 2456 170th St., continued 180 days. Tanner L. Knight, 33, Fort Dodge, trial set for July ...

Brush by brush

GOWRIE — Genealogy took Southeast Valley High School history teacher Josh Dyer to many cemeteries over the years, and he kept noticing the same thing: some headstones were cared for, others left to the weather and covered in moss and dirt. This spring, Dyer handed seven Southeast Valley ...

News of Record: June 4, 2026

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Wednesday Driving while license suspended — Kristopher L. Taylor, 23, 614 First St. N.W., trial set for June 22. John D. Garretson Jr., 23, 1012 S. 20th St., $250 plus surcharge, court costs. Violation of a no contact order — Cory D. Fraser, 48, Lehigh, trial set for June 10. Person ineligible to carry dangerous weapons — Shakira M. Parrilla, 31, 244 Ave. N West, preliminary hearing waived. Trespass, first offense — Robert M. Trost, 60, 247 N. 26th St., $630 plus surcharge, court costs. Property maintenance code violation — ...

EMS code of conduct approved

EMTs and paramedics in Webster County will now be subject to a code of conduct that is much like the ones private and public employers have. Dr. Racheal Lewis, the emergency physician who is the medical director for EMS units in the county, said Wednesday evening that it “mimics what most places of employment have.” “I don’t think there’s anything super controversial in it,” she told the county Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. She said violations of the code could result in someone losing their ability to be an EMT or paramedic in Webster County. The ...