Barnum News

One person was injured when a semitrailer hit a car at the intersection of U.S. Highway 169 and Iowa Highway 7 in Fort Dodge Tuesday night.

A railroad yard and a facility for repairing rail cars may someday be built near the North Central Agricultural Industrial Park in Webster County.

The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge was greeted with applause despite the damp weather Sunday evening.

Members of the VFW and American Legion lowered the flag for the last time at the Manson Northwest Webster elementary Wednesday afternoon at the school building's closing ceremony.

It's now safe for people in Barnum can drink their water again out of the tap. Officials have lifted a boil advisory for the Webster County town.

Residents of Barnum are being urged to boil their water before drinking it, at least through the weekend.

Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Friday that a boil advisory is in effect for the city of Barnum in Webster County.

Near Clare, the American Legion Memorial Day ceremony at St. James Cemetery will be at 9 a.m. Monday, with a Legion gun salute and prayers plus the reading of names of the 80 veterans buried at the cemetery.

As Ethan Egli entered the barn at the farm of his grandparents Ken and Judy Egli Saturday morning, he was ready to take his pony, Jimmy, for a ride.

Stray dogs and cats will likely have a new nemesis later this year. That's because Fort Dodge and Webster County officials hope to have a new animal control officer on the job.

The May 5, 7 and 12 concerts by the Iowa City New Horizons Band will be a veritable May basket of musical flowers.

The Manson Northwest Webster school board voted Thursday to close the Manson Elementary School at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic year.

People in the Manson Northwest Webster school district will find out Thursday which town will lose a school.

In a second public hearing Monday night, Manson Northwest Webster School District Superintendent Mark Egli said that the Manson Northwest Webster Board of Education will take action in an open meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday to close either the elementary center building in Manson or the middle school building in Barnum.

A local school district says a shrinking student population may mean it has to consolidate its elementary and middle schools.

Dwayne M. Joslin, 49, died early on Tues. Feb. 24, 2009, near Emmetsburg. Graveside committal services will be held on Sat.

The Manson Northwest Webster school district will close one of its school buildings by the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year.

Fatal car accidents are down in Webster County but officials are urging the use of seat belts to save more lives.

Traveling during the holiday will be much easier than traveling through the past two storms, according to the National Weather Service.