An Ames man was stabbed to death early Saturday and his roommate is charged with first-degree murder. Police located the victim, 39-year-old Maccarone DeClements, who they say had been stabbed in the upper torso with […]
The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board today approved awards for four Iowa companies. Cargill received state tax benefits to modernize its Fort Dodge facility equipment where it makes food ingredients from corn. They will […]
The Webster City Lynx boys basketball team will open up postseason play on Monday night as they travel to Waverly to face off with the Go-Hawks of Waverly-Shell Rock. Waverly-Shell Rock enters postseason play with […]
The 2022 Iowa High School Wrestling Championships descended upon Des Moines last weekend for its annual Thursday through Saturday run, and 12 KQ-area athletes found themselves competing in the best high school state tournament in […]
What’s billed as the Midwest’s largest and most colorful winter kite festival is scheduled for Saturday in north-central Iowa. Libby Hohn tourism director for the Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce says the “Color The Wind […]
A months-long competition culminates this weekend as teams of high school students from across Iowa have designed, built and programmed roving robots to face off against each other. Rebecca Whitaker, coordinator of the FIRST Tech […]
The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a drug possession case in Sioux City involving a drug dog. Yale Stevens of Sioux City was convicted of possessing meth following his arrest when his brother was […]
An Iowa State University researcher is studying how singing can help those who have Parkinson’s disease. Elizabeth Stegemoller says Parkinson’s disease affects an area of the brain that controls movement and she’s trying to find […]
Governor Kim Reynolds says she and her fellow Republicans in the House and Senate are about two-thirds of the way toward reaching a final agreement on a tax plan. The governor is raising concerns, though, […]
Presidents Day is this Monday, February 21. It will mean some closings of note. The Hamilton County Courthouse and all county offices will be closed for the day. The Farm Service Agency on Superior Street […]
The February meeting of the Van Diest Medical Center board of trustees will be this Tuesday evening, February 22 at 6:00 p.m. through the gotomeeting.com website. Two public hearings will be on Tuesday’s agenda. The […]
A meeting of the Hamilton County Supervisors will be held Tuesday morning,February 22 at 9:00 in the downstairs conference room of the courthouse. Tuesday’s agenda includes a COVID-19 update by county public health director Shelby […]
A meeting of the Hamilton County Conservation Board will be Thursday,February 24 at 9:30 at the county conservation headquarters at Briggs Woods Park south of Webster City.The board will hear the annual report on Briggs […]
The Van Diest Medical Center Auxiliary is offering three (3) scholarships of $1,000.00 each to 2022 high school graduates wishing to pursue a career in healthcare. Individuals going back to further their education in the […]
Education issues — including a big budget decision for Iowa’s 327 public school districts — have dominated debate at the Iowa Capitol this week. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that […]
House Speaker Pat Grassley has used his authority to shift the governor’s plan for state-funded private school scholarships to another House committee, so the bill remains eligible for debate. “I can’t predict the end result […]
A new report shows the State of Iowa issued nearly $44 million worth of tax refunds last year to corporations claiming a tax credit for research activities. Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says that’s part […]
A coalition of environmentalists and land owners is seeking a meeting with Governor Kim Reynolds, hoping she’ll intervene and block the Iowa Utilities Board from granting eminent domain so carbon pipeline developers can acquire land […]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is joining Iowa State University on a project to document and help endangered turtle species increase their numbers. The DNR’s Karen Kinkead says the Blanding’s turtles don’t mature and […]
A review of the water main improvement project in Stratford was one of the highlights of this week’s meeting of the Stratford city council. Jim Leiding of the Bolton and Menk engineering firm went over […]
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