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Harcourt center gets historic recognition

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HARCOURT — Just a few months after the attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into World War II, a new gymnasium debuted at the Harcourt Consolidated School. The building’s days as the site of physical education classes and high school basketball games ended in 1978. That’s ...

News of Record: July 8, 2026

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Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Tuesday Driving while barred — Brad A. Gully, 52, 315 S. 15th St., continued until July 14. Third degree theft — Tanner L. Knight, 34, Fort Dodge, preliminary hearing set for July 17. Possession of drug paraphernalia — Tanner L. Knight, 34, Fort ...

Webster County Auditor Abrams resigns

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Webster County Auditor Shaunna Abrams resigned Tuesday, notifying the Board of Supervisors she will leave office July 16 — less than two years into the four-year term she won in 2024. Abrams, a Republican who took office Jan. 2, 2025, submitted her formal resignation to the board at 4:37 ...

Quilters honor two local veterans

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HUMBOLDT — The Fort Dodge Area Quilters’ Quilts for Veterans Committee presented two veterans with Quilts of Valor in Humboldt recently. Gary D. Hendricks served from 1961 to 1970. His first tour of duty was in the Navy. He was at the first atomic test range in 1962 off Johnson ...