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Trinity recognizes volunteers at annual appreciation dinner

UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center recognized its volunteers during the annual Volunteer Recognition and Appreciation Dinner Wednesday in the Opera House at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village. More than 80 people attended. “We are blessed to have 79 great ...

US House passes ‘skinny’ farm bill

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 ...

News of record: May 1, 2026

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 — Jenna F. Germundson, 33, 707 Seventh Ave. N., continued 180 days. Assault on persons in certain occupations — Kylie N. Armstrong, 26, Carroll, preliminary hearing set for May 8. Operating while under the influence, first offense — Kylie N. Armstrong, 26, Carroll, preliminary hearing ...

Feenstra salutes House passage of measure

U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra saluted the passage of a new Farm Bill by the full House of Representatives on Thursday. “Today marks a major milestone not just for Iowa agriculture, but for agriculture across the country,” the Republican from Hull said in a written statement. “I’m proud to help deliver this critical legislation across the finish line.” He asserted that the measure — formally known as the Farm, Food and National Security Act of 2026 — includes part or all of 26 bills that he introduced, co-sponsored or otherwise led. Those bills, he said, would: • Lay ...

New truck honors late Fort Dodge firefighter

The big new rig in the Fort Dodge firehouse is called Truck 25, and it didn’t get that designation by random chance. The truck — called a tower ladder — was numbered to honor Tom Peart, a firefighter who died on March 14, 2014. His death at age 48 of an apparent heart attack was a ...