Authorities will resume their search Tuesday mornining in trying to help locate 15 year old Kathlynn Shepard who was reported missing late Monday afternoon. Shepard was with another juvenile when they were abducted after accepting a ride from a stranger. The other juvenile is safe after she was found walking out of the timber near a farm house in Boone County. She was being treated at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge. Kathlynn Shepard was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a Minnesota Vikings cap. She is five feet six inches tall and weighs 160 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. Late Monday, the Dayton police department had located the alleged abductor but Shepard is still reported missing. The name of the suspect has not been identified. Volunteers and law enforcement agencies spent much of late yesterday afternoon and in the early evening in searching for Shepard. Volunteers are being asked to report to the Dayton Community Center at 10 Tuesday morning to resume the search. A search plane will be used during the daylight hours to help locate her. If you have any information on the wherabouts of Kathlynn Shepard, please call the Webster County Sheriff's Department at 515-573-2323.

 The oath of office for new Van Diest Medical Center Board members Justin Deppe, Roberta Knutson and David Taylor will be administered during Tuesday evening's board meeting. The three were appointed at a special board meeting last week. Other agenda matters will include the approval of new members to the Foundation Board, review the 2013-14 fiscal year budget, consider capital requests and enter into a closed session. There will be a report from administrator Bob Mason on current hospital activities. The board meeting is set 7:00 p.m Tuesday in the hospital conference room.

 The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department is asking the public to help located a 46 year old Jewell man. Kenneth E. Heckman was reported missing last Thursday to law enforcement authorities. Heckman was last seen at about 6:00 a.m. on May 15th in Ames on a yellow New Holland backhoe. Heckman was wearing a ball cap, a white or red t-shirt and blue jeans Heckman is described as weighing 165 pounds, measuring 5 feet 11 inches tall , brown hair and green eyes. Heckman was to have attended a birthday last week as he turned 46. If you have any information on the wherabouts of Kenneth E. Heckman, you are advised to call the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department at 515-832-9500.

Sunday afternoon was a special time for high school seniors across the KQWC listening area. The strains of Pomp and Circumstance was heard in seven high school gymnasiums to welcome the Class of 2013. Sunday's commencement in Webster City was the first one to be held at the new gymnasium. The featured speakers for the afternoon were Brenna Paukert, Emily Elm and Emma White. Music for the ceremony was provided by the high school concert band directed by Roger Steig and the Purple and Gold singers directed by Andrew Wotherspoon. A total of 133 seniors received diplomas in the ceremony held Sunday. Similar commencement ceremonies were held in Blairsburg as 15 seniors received diplomas at Northeast Hamilton high school. 53 seniors graduated at South Hamilton high school in Jewell. At Eagle Grove high school,48 students graduated on Sunday. Clarion-Goldfield's commencement featured 67 students. The Roland Story graduation ceremony had a total of 77 graduating this year. The Belmond Klemme Class of 2013 was made up of 41 students. KQWC Radio salutes all of our area graduates!

 A Fort Dodge police officer was assaulted on Friday afternoon. Officer Chris Weiland conducted a traffic stop with a gold 1997 Toyota at the intersection of Sixth Avenue South and 15th Street at about 3:39 p.m. The vehicle was occupied by two subjects. The passenger, later identified as 40 year Mark Mendenhall of Fort Dodge provided false information as to his true identity, causing Officer Weiland to request an additional officer to his location for his assistance. As additional officers responded, Mendenhall struggled with Officer Weiland and fled the stop on foot. During the struggle Officer Weiland sustained an injury to his shoulder. Officer Weiland was able to broadcast that Mendenhall was fleeing as Sgt. Dan Charlson and Officer Leighton Walker arrived in the area. Sgt. Charlson and Officer Walker located and apprehended Mendenhall who was hiding under the rear porch of a residence in the 600 block of South 15th Street. Both Mendenhall and Officer Weiland were transported to Trinity Regional Medical Center for treatment. Officer Weiland was treated and released while Mendenhall was held for observation. On Friday evening, Mendenhall was released from the hospital and was booked into the Webster County Jail for Assault on a Peace Officer and Interference with Official Acts-both Aggravated Misdemeanors. He was also booked for an outstanding felony warrant for violation of parole.

 Two Webster City residents were arrested after local police were called for an alleged assault at 1515 Wall Street, Apartment 15 on Thursday morning. 39 year old Rhonda Marie Seil of 1515 Wall Street, Apartment 15 and 40 year old Neal Anthony Luhmann of 1116 Harding Road were both arrested by Webster City police officers. Webster City police chief Brian Hughes said the manager of the apartment complex and an exterminator were making their preannounced visits to each apartment for pest control. Once at apartment 15, the manager announced themselves and then entered the apartment. As the manager entered, the butt of a six inch to nine inch knife struck her in the neck. Both individuals ran out of the apartment complex and called the police. City police officers responded announced themselves several times and then opened the front door when another six inch to nine inch knife was thrown at them. Officers entered the apartment and located Seil and Luhmann in the bedroom. While in the apartment, suspected drug paraphernalia was discovered in plain view. Officers arrested Seil and Luhmann and transported both of them to the Hamilton County Jail. A search warrant was applied for and executed. Officers located more suspected drug paraphernalia and two suspected meth labs in the bathroom. The Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement responded and removed the labs.Seil and Luhmann were both charged with Assault (Aggravated Misdemeanor) and Assault on a Peace Officer (Class D Felony). Drug charges are pending based upon an ongoing investigation.

 The next Clarion city council meeting will be this Monday evening at 5:00 at the council chambers in Clarion. The council will consider a request from Willis Soesbe  for parking lot closing on June 8th. There will be a pubic hearing to rezone lot C in the Walnut Grove Addition from an R-1 to M-1. The council will discuss the ambulance lease for the city. A resolution for setting the date for a public hearing and bid letting for a proposed hangar at the Clarion Airport will be held. In one other matter, the council will authorize the I & S Group to proceed with the design and plat for a new housing development in Clarion plus other matters.

 The next meeting of the Wright County Board of Supervisors will  be this Monday morning at 9:00 in the supervisors board room in Clarion. Agenda highlights will include a report by  county engineer Adam Clemons, approve two firework permits and hold a public hearing at 10:00 in regards to the Master Matrix for Tom and Nate Huntley and for Summit Pork,LLP. The supervisors will review and approve the first amendment to the cooperative reimbursement agreement between the Webster County Political Subdivision and the Department of Human Services, Bureau of Collections with Wright County being one of the political subdivisions plus other matters.

For about two hours early Thursday evening, Webster City firemen battled smoke originating from the former Electrolux washer and dryer factory at 400 Des Moines Street. The call was received shortly before 5:30 as dark smoke could be seen originating from the plant that was in the process of being demolished. Spectators were on the scene for a few hours watching the progress of the fire and how it was being extinguished. Webster City fire chief said the spark from the demolition work may have played a contributing factor into how the fire got it started. The rain of early yesterday evening helped out in trying to extinguish the blaze.There were no injuries reported as a result of the fire at the former Electrolux building. The Blairsubrg fire department offered mutual aid as they manned the Webster City fire station since many of the fire department members were busy at the scene.,

 The next meeting of the Webster City City Council will be this Monday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the city council chambers. Agenda items will include a report from Hamilton County Solid Waste Commission representative Eugene Gray. The second reading on a proposed ordinance providing the addition of a No Parking zone on the east side of Lynx Avenue will be read. In other matters, the council will make a motion on a request to submit a grant application for the COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, consider to extend the contract with Williams and Company for the city of Webster City annual audit and make a motion for an interim social media contract for economic development purposes. The Webster City City Council will make a motion on a three year employment agreement for the city manager. There will be two public hearings at Monday's meeting. The first one at 7:15 p.m. will be on amending the 2012-13 budget . The  second hearing is on the proposition of approving and consenting to the amended and restated Lehigh Webster Transmission and Webster Terminals Facilities and Operating Agreement between and among Corn Belt Power Cooperative, MidAmerican Energy Company, the Webster City Municipal Electric Utility and certain other electric utilizes.

Following the meeting, the Webster City city council will meet in closed session to discuss strategy with counsel in matters that are presently in litigation or where litigation is imminent followed by a discussion on the purchase of particular real estate in the community. Monday evening's council meeting will be telecast on Cable Channel 12 in Webster City.