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New EMS coordinator starts in Webster County

Webster County’s new emergency medical services coordinator is now on the job. Scott Richard is filling a new position created as a result of the March 2025 voter approval of a property tax to support emergency medical services. Richard was introduced during Wednesday’s meeting of the county’s Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council. He is a native of Minnesota, who has been a paramedic for 30 years. During that time he has worked for several different agencies. For the last 15 years he had been a paramedic for UnityPoint Health - LifeFlight. He has also been an EMS ...

Walking on the Dragoon Trail

Following in the footsteps of a famous military battalion of U.S. Dragoons that rode through Iowa in the summer of 1835, historian Kevin T. Mason recalls how he was able to retrace this expedition almost two centuries later by walking 371 miles on the Dragoon Trail. A University of ...

Threat prompts security measures at Algona schools

ALGONA — Bishop Garrigan High School received a phone call at about 11:48 a.m. Wednesday from an unidentified male who said he planned to come to the school with a gun, according to a statement on the Algona city government web site. The school immediately began lockdown procedures at Seton Elementary and the Bishop Garrigan campus. Algona Community Schools also began sheltering in place in all school buildings as a safety precaution. Due to a multi-agency training exercise being held nearby, many additional law enforcement agencies were able to help provide a presence at various ...

From our files: May 2011

Veterans prepare for Honor Flight return

When the 28th edition of the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight takes off on May 26, a woman who hid her military service from her family will be one of the honored guests aboard. Vicki O’Tool will be aboard the plane with her husband, fellow Navy veteran Larry O’Tool. The couple from ...

News of Record: May 13, 2026

Police Log FORT DODGE Monday An animal complaint was reported in the 1600 block of Triton Drive. A stolen vehicle was reported in the 1100 block of Avenue B. A welfare check was conducted at 10th Avenue North and 20th Street. A suspicious person was reported in the 1400 block of Fifth Avenue South. A suspicious person was reported at First Avenue South and 15th Street. Juvenile problems were reported in the 600 block of Eighth Avenue North. A parking complaint was reported in the 2500 block of 17th Avenue North. Criminal mischief was reported in the 1100 block of ...