Obituaries
Joe Anderson
Joe Anderson, 88, of Woolstock died Tuesday. March 25, 2025. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 11, 2025 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Webster City with visitation one hour […]
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Dakota City Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges After Absconding
Nathan Nickless, 40, from Dakota City, Iowa, pled guilty on April 1, 2025, in federal court in Sioux City. Nickless was convicted of two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of […]
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Unemployment rate for Hamilton County for February was at an even 3 percent.
The Iowa Workforce Development office reported Tuesday that the unemployment rate for Hamilton County stood at a rate of 3.0 percent. This was from the January rate of 3.1 percent. In February,2024 rate for Hamilton […]
Local Sports
Roland-Story girls track places 2nd in Bondurant-Farrar Co-Ed
The Roland-Story Norsemen girls track team returned to action on Monday, as they made the trip into Polk County to compete in the annual Bondurant-Farrar Co-Ed Early Bird at Bondurant-Farrar High School. The Norsemen would […]
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Webster City High School to offer Logan Baldwin Memorial Scholarship
The family of Logan Baldwin have announced the plans for a Memorial Scholarship. This will be for $500 for a graduating senior at Webster City High School who will be attending a trade school or […]
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South Hamilton School board to meet Tuesday evening,April 1st for negotiation session.
There will be a special meeting this (Tuesday) evening at the South Hamilton Community School Board room in Jewell beginning at 6:00 p.m. in Jewell. The South Hamilton Education Association will make their initial proposal […]
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March proved to be a month of blizzards,thunderstorms and record tying warmth for Webster City.
Two blizzards….the sounds of thunder….sleet….and a record tying high temperature best describe Webster City’s weather for March. Records at the Radio Hill weather reporting station showed Webster City experienced a month of above normal temperatures […]
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Webster City and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows boys track compete in North Iowa Indoor Championships
The Webster City Lynx and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Cowboys boys track teams returned to action on Friday, as they made the trip north to Clear Lake to compete in the annual North Iowa Indoor Championships at the […]
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Iowa State Patrol investigate two area accidents over the weekend.
The Iowa State Patrol investigated two accidents in the area over the weekend with information released this (Monday) morning. One of them occurred east of Webster City on U.S. Highway 20 and the Kamrar exit […]
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Pedestrian injured in Saturday evening accident in Webster City residential area.
Webster City Police investigated an accident Saturday evening at 8:15 p.m. at Third and Grove Streets that brought injury to a Webster City woman. Reportedly a 2009 model Chrysler Town and Country minivan operated by […]
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Graceland Cemetery officials announcing spring clean-up.
The City of Webster City would like to remind all persons that the Spring Clean Up will start on Wednesday, April 2 nd at Graceland Cemetery. It is requested that all flower boxes, wreaths, decorations […]
Obituaries
Sharon Cousins
Sharon Cousins, 82 of Webster City died Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Southfield Wellness Community. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Graceland Cemetery. Foster Funeral and Cremation Center […]
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Fort Dodge Police investigate Friday morning stabbing incident.
On Friday, March 28, 2025, at approximately 6:00 A.M., the Webster County Telecommunications Center received a call of a male with multiple stab wounds at 414 S 16th St, in Fort Dodge. Officers with the […]
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Webster City, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows girls track compete in North Iowa Indoor Championships
The Webster City Lynx and the Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Cowgirls track teams returned to action on Thursday night, as they traveled to Cerro Gordo County to compete in the North Iowa Indoor Championships at Clear Lake High […]
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Fort Dodge Police investigate Friday morning shooting incident.
On Friday, March 28th, 2025, at approximately 4:06 A.M., the Webster County Telecommunications Center received a call of someone being shot at 1433 4th Ave S, in Fort Dodge. Officers with the Fort Dodge Police […]
Obituaries
Eleanor Ford
Eleanor J. Ford, 95 of Pueblo, Colorado, died March 16, 2025. Funeral services will be on April 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the Church of Christ in Webster City, IA with a visitation one […]
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2024-25 KQRadio Men’s Basketball All-Area Teams and Awards
The 2024-25 men’s basketball season in the KQRadio area was one of rebuilding for many programs, but not without some star individual performances. Awards Player of the Year: Chaz Lane, So (Clarion-Goldfield-Dows) Stats – 18 PPG, […]
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Wright County Supervisors to meet Monday,March 31st…
Another meeting for the Wright County Board of Supervisors will be on Monday, March 31st at 9:00 in the downstairs board room of the county courthouse in Clarion. The board will review and act on […]
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Jewell City Council conducts public hearing for the city’s property tax in 2025-26.
A public hearing for Jewell’s proposed property tax for the 2025-26 was held last Monday evening, March 24th. The city will levy $400,588 in consolidated general funds, $97,692 in liability,property and self-insurance, $33,848 for FICA […]
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Fort Dodge Police investigating late Thursday afternoon shooting.
Fort Dodge Police are investigating a shooting late Thursday afternoon. The incident happened in the 400 block of North 10th Street at 5;23 p.m. When police and Webster County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, they located a […]