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District leaders stress need for FDSH upgrades

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Thanks to an elderly steam heating system, classrooms in the Fort Dodge Senior High School can be frigid one day and uncomfortably warm the next day. And there are portions of the building that are virtually unchanged since it opened in 1958, a year when Dwight Eisenhower was in the White ...

Authorities identify man who was found dead Monday

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Authorities have released the name of the man whose body was found at a home in Webster City early Monday morning. Osmar Matul Alvarado, 35, of Webster City, was discovered early Monday morning. Webster City Police Chief Steve Hanson said in a media release that authorities believe there ...

Go and Do: Oct. 24, 2025

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Around the area ROCKWELL CITY — St. Francis Catholic Church, 744 Main St., Rockwell City, is holding its annual Turkey Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. SUNDAY at the church. Tickets are $15 per person. The dinner will be served dine in or drive through for carryout orders. POCAHONTAS — ...

Otho strikes out in bid for EMS money

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The Otho Fire Department will not be receiving revenue from the new property tax for emergency medical services anytime soon. The department is the newest ambulance service provider in Webster County, but it was not yet functioning in that role when voters in March approved the levy. On ...

News of Record: Oct. 23, 2025

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Woman pleads guilty in assault case A Fort Dodge woman received jail time and a fine after entering a guilty plea in a case in which she was accused of going into an apartment and hitting the woman who lived there, according to court records. Keila Stabler, 37, was initially charged with ...