WEBSTER CITY — Nearly 30 individuals from around Iowa traveled north of Webster City Saturday to study the oxbow restoration work done by Ray Fry, a local farm manager who started the project working with some state and federal agencies. The property, which is now owned by Seldon Spencer, ...
Area residents are invited to enjoy an all-American meal of hot dogs and corn on the cob to support a fund dedicated to helping local veterans. The Beers and Ears benefit will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday at the VFW Post 1856, 518 S. 29th St. The cost is $20. For that price, each person will get a quarter-pound hot dog, two ears of Grimes peaches and cream sweet corn and a commemorative stein. All proceeds will go to the Veterans Needs Fund, according to Mike Larson, a spokesman for the Fort Dodge Veterans Council. He said that fund will be managed by the Veterans Council to ...
A Fort Dodge man who threatened a woman with a knife and held her in her own apartment against her will early Sunday morning faces a long list of criminal charges, court records indicate. Kevin D. Garvin, 27, of 903 Eighth St. S.W., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and was charged with: • Violation of parole. • First-degree robbery. • Willful injury causing bodily injury. • First-degree harassment. • Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. • False imprisonment. • Obstruction of emergency communications. The incident happened between midnight and 4:37 a.m. ...
Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Monday Possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, third or subsequent offense — Matthew M. Gagen, 36, Bode, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 27. Driving while barred — Matthew M.Gagen, 36, Bode, preliminary hearing set for Aug. 27. Violation of parole — Kevin D. Garvin, 27, 903 Eighth St. S.W., transferred to Parole Board. First-degree robbery — Kevin D. Garvin, 27, 903 Eighth St. S.W., preliminary hearing set for Aug. 27. Willful injury causing bodily injury — Kevin D. Garvin, 27, 903 Eighth St. S.W., preliminary hearing set ...
POCAHONTAS — A program on children’s grief and bereavement will be offered today by the Pocahontas Area School District and Pocahontas Community Hospital. The event is from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Pocahontas Rialto Theatre. Information on helping support children who are grieving a loss will be presented. New York Life’s Grief Sensitive School Initiative and Every Step featuring Amanda the Panda will provide the information. The presentation is targeted to school faculty and staff and representatives of any other organization.
Webster County sheriff’s deputies assess the scene minutes after a Chevrolet utility truck and a Jeep collided at about 5 p.m. Monday in the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Avenue G. The collision propelled the Jeep into the highway median, where it may have rolled over. The driver of ...
