A job description for a new Webster County employee who would be tasked with working with all local agencies that provide pre-hospital emergency care was approved Wednesday. The approval was one of the first actions taken by the county’s Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council as it ...
Fort Dodge firefighters returned Wednesday evening to a downtown building that had been the site of a serious fire Tuesday night. At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, smoke was spotted coming from 1107 Central Ave. The smoke was generated by smoldering roofing material. Firefighters cut open the ...
A downtown Fort Dodge building that was the site of a major fire in November burned again Tuesday night. The fire at 1107 Central Ave. was reported at 9 p.m. There were no injuries reported. Residents of the building immediately to the east, including at least one pet in a carrier, ...
Denise Ryder carries a purple-painted oak chair with her whenever she goes to community events around central Iowa. “It’s for the people that we’ve lost,” she said. “It says ‘we sit in our grief.’” Ryder, of Webster City, is an advocate for overdose awareness. Her son, ...
The Webster County Board of Supervisors approved multiple pay applications and change orders Tuesday that will complete the Dayton Trail Project and ongoing quality of life projects. “Another one checked off the list,” said Webster County Conservation Director Matt Cosgrove at Tuesday’s ...