Articles by Pat Powers

– The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting a series of town hall-style meetings where local staff provide updates on recently completed hunting seasons, discuss possible changes to hunting rules and regulations, and […]

The Jewell City Council this week reviewed its city budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year. Jewell Public Works director Terry Anderson presented information to the council on future projects. They include dredge work to the […]

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce the launch of its new K9 program, designed to enhance law enforcement efforts and ensure greater safety for our community. The program will be community-focused, aiding […]

At their Tuesday evening meeting , the Van Diest Medical Center Board of Directors elected their new board officers for 2025. Darcy Swon was named the board chair. David Everson as Vice Chair and Kyle […]

A brief agenda faced the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors at their Tuesday morning meeting today. The board approved a retail alcohol license for the Briggs Woods Conference Center. A maintenance and service agreement with […]

The Iowa Workforce Development office reported Tuesday that Hamilton County’s unemployment rate for December was at 2.6 percent. This is down from the November unemployment rate at 2.8 percenter. The December unemployment rate for Hamilton […]

On Sunday, January 26th, 2025, at approximately 1:41 P.M., the Webster County Telecommunications Center received a call in reference to a residential fire at 211 N 12th St. in Fort Dodge. The Fort Dodge Police […]

KQWC-KZWC has learned that Jeff Stein will make an appearance at Kendall Young Library on Saturday,April 5 to present a program on the history of central Iowa TV legends Duane Ellett and Floppy. For 30 […]

The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors’ next meeting will be Tuesday morning, January 28 at 9:00 a.m. in the downstairs conference room of the courthouse in Webster City. Tuesday’s meeting will include the consideration of […]

The next meeting of the Jewell City Council will be this Monday evening,January 27th at 7:00 p.m. in the Jewell City Hall. The agenda includes a report from the Jewell Public Works Department, a presentation […]

A nomination of board officers and committee members for Van Diest Medical Center will be discussed at this Tuesday evening’s meeting of the board at 6:00 p.m. in the Van Diest Medical Center clinic board […]

The Webster City Community School District has named Mr. Chris Aggen as the next High School Principal, pending School Board approval. For the past two (2) years, Aggen has served the Perry School District as […]

Paul William Flett, age 44, from Humboldt, Iowa, pled guilty January 23, 2025, to one count to sexual exploitation of a child in federal court in Sioux City, Iowa. In a plea agreement, Flett admitted […]