Pocahontas County News

The annual Clay County Veterans Day Program will take place at the Veteran's Memorial Wednesday.

A two-year long investigation into a series of fires at vacant farmsteads in Palo Alto County has culminated with charges against three Emmetsburg residents.

A trio of Emmetsburg teens face arson charges in connection with a number of fires set at vacant farm sites over the past couple of years.

A Pocahontas man avoids jail time in connection with meth charges filed by the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Office.

GOP gubernatorial front-runner Bob Vander Plaats has officially endorsed an independent candidate running for a seat in the Iowa House.

Two Fort Dodge men are in jail after a string of morning burglaries. Kyle Martin and Colton Canavan were arrested in Pocahontas County after a complaint from several residents in and around Rolfe, Iowa.

A northwest Iowa lawmaker has joined an effort to "draft" Terry Branstad into Iowa's 2010 gubernatorial race.

Two from Fort Dodge face a multitude of charges. Pocahontas County Sheriff Bob Lampe says the pair, 19-year-old Kyle Martin and 18-year-old Colton Canavan came to a 92-year-old Rolf man's door at 5:00 Monday morning saying their car broke down and they had to use the telephone.

After a nearly 10-day on-site audit with more to come, Arnett and Foster auditor Lisa Simon had some bad news for Pocahontas Memorial Hospital board members last Tuesday night.

Pocahontas, Ia. - Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley returned Monday to ground that proved treacherous earlier this month by arguing again that Americans were understandably scared about health care legislation in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House.

In its earlier days, Lizard Lake was home to many species of fish. In the 1950s, it was even the site of speed boat races.

The list of Iowa State Fair zealots is long and varied. Among them: the Hertz family of Nevada, which this year expanded its enthusiasms to the East Coast, even creating a butter cow of sorts.

A Pocahontas County man died in a single-vehicle crash near Mingo in Randolph County Wednesday afternoon.

Board of education members got good news from Maria Busick, Director of Federal Programs and Instruction, Monday night.

Humboldt County will soon open a new veterans affairs office in Humboldt. Humboldt County Community Services Director Don Anderson updated the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors at Monday's regular meeting.

Dawson Fischer got an up close look at some prize-winning porkers Saturday morning at the Pocahontas County Fair.

Cliff Markley will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. "As far as dope related its thirty years," Markley said from inside the county jail, "And other stuff, an additional 33." He's only 23 but his addiction to methamphetamine started over a decade ago.

If customers are supposed to get what they pay for, perhaps county commission president Martin Saffer will want a refund on his payment to rural planner Meghan Dorsett.

There was a Wildwood Forest Adventure the week of June 16 at Ambassadors for Christ Retreat Center in Pocahontas County.

A funnel cloud was spotted in Pocahontas County Tuesday afternoon when the first severe storm of the season roared across the Fort Dodge region.