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Walking on the Dragoon Trail

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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 ...

New EMS coordinator starts in Webster County

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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 ...

Rockwell City woman killed in Missouri crash

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A Rockwell City woman was killed and her husband was seriously injured in a fiery crash on a Missouri highway on Saturday. Two other women were also killed in the collision. Vicki Harper, 76, of Rockwell City, died, according to published reports and family acquaintances. Her husband, ...

Threat prompts security measures at Algona schools

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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 ...

Veterans prepare for Honor Flight return

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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 ...