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Nominate someone for Hometown Pride

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Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond for their community? Nominate them for The Messenger’s 2025 Hometown Pride publication. Email your nominations to bshea@messengernews.net. Please include the name, hometown and contact information for the nominee, as well as why you are ...

KYL announces April children’s events

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WEBSTER CITY — Kendall Young Library will be hosting children’s events in April. Tales Around the Town – Kendall Young Library along with local Webster City businesses will be taking storytime on the road. Each week families are invited to meet at a designated location, hear a story and ...

Zion Lutheran Church seeks grant applications

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GOWRIE — The Zion Endowed Benevolence Team of Zion Lutheran Church, Gowrie, is soliciting grant applications for 2025. The purpose of the Endowed Benevolence Program is to extend and enrich the kingdom of God by witnessing in word and deed to people in need both directly and through organized ...

Giving back

Local News

Ava Rehm entered UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center’s Birth Center Thursday afternoon juggling two diaper cakes and a stroller with a grinning baby inside. While nurses at the Birth Center were ecstatic to see 7-month-old Elsa Rehm once again, they were equally thankful ...

News of Record: March 28, 2025

News of record

Woman charged in break-in, assault A Fort Dodge woman who forced her way into a house and attacked two people there has been charged with multiple crimes, according to court records. Those records show that Justina D. Sago, 22, was arrested by Fort Dodge police and charged with: • First ...