Articles by Pat Powers

Another successful Friends of St. Thomas Aquinas School Ball was held last Saturday evening, May 3rd at the Parish Center in Webster City. The event is the annual fund raiser for the school adjacent to […]

A Hamilton County meat locker that has supplied meat to a BBQ restaurant in Boone County has been charged with two felonies for allegedly selling thousands of pounds of a mislabeled product. An investigation by […]

Christopher Mobley, a nurse at Van Diest Medical Center (VDMC), was presented the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses Tuesday afternoon in the hospital board room. He was one of 10 nominees for the annual award. […]

If you have an interest in photographing nature, you are invited to a program this Saturday,May 10th on a discussion and then some hands-on nature photography at Briggs Woods Park south of Webster City.Gary Welsh […]

There were no injuries in an accident at 4:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the 136 westbound mile marker of Highway 20 in rural Hamilton County. The Iowa State Patrol reported a 2025 model Volvo VNL […]

Two accidents were investigated over the weekend in Webster City. The 1100 block of Des Moines Street was the scene of a two-vehicle accident at 6:18 p.m. Sunday evening. Webster City Police reported a southbound […]

Fort Dodge Police on Thursday, May 1st filed a charge of Threat of Terrorism. 26-year-old Daniel W. Paivarinta  was arrested on the charge after information was provided to Fort Dodge Police via an anonymous source. […]

Two public hearings will be on this Monday evening’s agenda of the Webster City City Council. Meeting time is set 6:00 in the city council chambers. The first hearing is to amend the Code of […]

Another meeting for the Wright County Board of Supervisors will be Monday morning, May 5th at 9:00 a.m. in the downstairs board room of the Wright County Courthouse in Clarion. The board will appoint Ryan […]

At a special meeting this week,the South Hamilton Community School Board approved the district’s budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year. The maximum property tax rate for the 2026 fiscal year is at $13.65 per thousand. […]

The 1300 block of Second Street was the scene of a two-vehicle accident at 1:10 Wednesday afternoon. Webster City Police reported an eastbound 2018 model Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle (SUV) driven by Amanda Pelz […]

Webster City weather records for the month of April showed above normal rainfall but near normal temperatures. Statistics from the Radio Hill weather reporting station for the past month showed the average high was at […]

A Fort Dodge teen escaped injury in a one vehicle accident in Webster County at 6:45 Monday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reported a 2012 model Ford F350 pickup truck operated by Keyden Young of […]