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‘Magic of the Holidays’

The holidays will be in full swing at the Historic Phillips Auditorium on Dec. 15 as Shaun Johnson and the Big Band Experience headline a Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association holiday fundraiser performance. Johnson, whom many also know as the Emmy-award winning lead singer of Tonic Sol-fa, will ...

Man arrested in 2023 store shooting

One of two accused gunmen involved in a 2023 shooting at a Fort Dodge convenience store that injured two other men is now in the Webster County Jail. Keeshaun J. Crooks, 21, of 1419 Fifth Ave. N., had been arrested by police in Chicago in the summer of 2023 on unrelated charges. He was ...

News of Record: Nov. 22, 2024

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Thursday Third degree harassment — Mya A. Vote, 18, Humboldt, preliminary hearing waived, no contact order issued. Driving while barred — Colton Jagger Baker Lagerquist, 30, Iowa Falls, preliminary hearing set for Dec. 10. First degree burglary — ...

Go and Do: Nov. 22, 2024

Around the area LAKE CITY — Village Square Theatre of Lake City presents “Bless Me, Father” at 7 p.m. TODAY and SATURDAY at the South Central Calhoun High School Auditorium, 708 W. Main, Lake City. Tickets are $10 at the door. DAYTON — Dayton Lions Club Blue Mound Turkey Dinner is 11 ...

Prepping for winter weather

The salt sheds are filled. The sand piles are heaping, and the snow plows have been washed and prepped. Now, all that the city of Fort Dodge Public Works Department and the Webster County Roads Department can do is wait for the first snow to fall for this season. “We’re just like ...