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News of Record: July 17, 2026

FD woman sent to federal prison for meth dealing A Fort Dodge woman prosecutors say helped to sell about 30 pounds of methamphetamine has been sent to federal prison. Sally M. Green, 52, pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa. On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand sentenced Green to 151 months in federal prison, the attorney’s office reported. Federal prosecutors said Green admitted to dealing about 30 pounds of ...

Before the fair wakes up

By 6 a.m, the Webster County Fairgrounds are already alive. Fans hum inside livestock barns. Hoses spray down cattle and hogs. Buckets rattle against concrete, and sleepy-eyed 4-H and FFA exhibitors move from stall to stall, checking feed, filling water buckets, and preparing for another ...

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Go and Do: July 17, 2026

Around the area LAKE CITY — Village Square Theatre is presenting “The Misadventures of Romeo and Juliet,” a Summer Children’s Theatre production, at 7 p.m. TODAY and 2 p.m. SUNDAY at the South Central Calhoun High School Auditorium, 709 W. Main St., in Lake City. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the door. During this performance, the audience will witness the final dress rehearsal for “Romeo and Juliet” where the director is trying to direct egos, stagehands, stage managers and lost actors moseying into the wrong ...

USDA to support project at Algona hospital

ALGONA — The radiology department of Kossuth Regional Health Center in Algona will be updated with a boost from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program. That financial support is coming in an indirect way, however. USDA Rural Development Iowa Director Mike Sexton reported that the agency is making two $300,000 grants to two local entities which will in turn loan money to the hospital. Cornbelt Power Cooperative in Humboldt will receive one of the grants. That money will be used to replenish an existing revolving loan fund it administers. Once the ...

Teens hospitalized after crash with train

LAKOTA — Two teenagers were hospitalized Tuesday following a crash with a train in rural Kossuth County. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, a 2004 Chevrolet Impala was southbound on 190th Avenue near Lakota when it collided with an eastbound train at a railroad crossing. Alex Horak, of Lakota, saw the collision and called 911, deputies reported. He then pulled both occupants from the vehicle before it became fully engulfed in flames. According to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle was also just a few feet from rail ...