Eagle Grove News

When Steve Ingram was invited to an event at the Iowa Army National Guard Readiness Center in Eagle Grove, he was hardly surprised.

On Monday, the Wright County Board of Supervisors held a conference call with Franklin County concerning a repair project in joint DD#181-9-lateral two, with Wright being the control county.

KCCI News has won two national Edward R. Murrow Awards. KCCI was honored with the Best Newscast and Overall Excellence awards in the small market television division .

The fountain at Gazebo Park is once again flowing after Peter and Alina DeCoster donated funds to upgrade the electrical and refurbish the fountain.

A one-vehicle crash on Monday claimed the life of a Laurens man. Kenneth Baumhover, 52, of Laurens, was killed after his semitrailer ran off the east side of Webster County Road C56 and came to rest in a ditch at about 4:30 p.m. An official at Trinity Regional Medical Center confirmed Tuesday morning that Baumhover had died.

A strong line of storms is moving across Iowa on Tuesday afternoon. The system moved into Iowa around noon and is now pushing through north central Iowa.

Vivian Jean Kitley was born on January 18, 1948, at Eagle Grove, Iowa to Ernest and Barbara Johnson Pergande.

The four boy scouts who were killed a year ago today at the Little Sioux Scout Camp in western Iowa were remembered in Omaha this morning.

After several years of providing articles for the Wright County Monitor, Judge Newt Draheim has now finished his much requested book based on those same writings.

Under a sunny sky this morning, the Boy Scouts remembered a night of deadly storms.

Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America are pausing to remember scouts who died during a tornado that tore through a camp in western Iowa a year ago.

The smell of rain in the air can take Zach Jessen right back to the moments before a deadly tornado hit the Little Sioux Scout Ranch.

Blanche Bosteder has always been an organized people person. These skills have served Bosteder well in her 42-year career of retail management.

The Clarion-Goldfield Cowgirls emerged as Regional champions last Tuesday, May 26 at the meet held in Reinbeck, earning their third straight trip to the State Golf Meet in Marshalltown.

Andy Smith of Eagle Grove appeared before the Wright County Board of Supervisors Monday to present the final plans for the Three Rivers Trail extension project.

Douglas L. Gross, 64, of Fort Dodge, died Sunday, May 31, 2009 at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, June 5th in the Chapel of Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home with Rev.

The St. Edmond softball squad carried over late momentum gained against Eagle Grove Thursday with an explosive start to control Clear Lake here Friday.

Two men have been arrested after law enforcement officers were fired upon early Saturday morning in Eagle Grove.

Eagle Grove native Jason Knutzon was one of four players to advance through local U.S. Open golf qualifying here Monday.

Heat 1: 1. Duane Ferguson, Otho; 2. Cody Wirt, Otho; 3. Jarid Kuchenreuther, Fort Dodge.