Webster County 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.

FORT DODGE, Iowa - People used to seeing grain hoppers and box cars on Fort Dodge railroad tracks may have taken a second look when they spotted bright yellow passenger cars rolling by late Monday afternoon.

Beginning today, Webster County consumers will see a slightly higher sales tax. Rates on items subjected to sales tax have increased from 6.5 to 7 percent - or 7 cents on every dollar spent.

Federal stimulus money will help pay for rebuilding a bridge on a rural Webster County road.

Beginning July 1, 2010, the delivery of services of Iowa State University Extension will be altered to adjust to a $4.5 million budget cut for fiscal year 2010.

A minor explosion in the West Central Co-op elevator sent two employees to Trinity Regional Medical Center Wednesday morning.

Fire destroyed a barn Monday on the property of Gerald Ascherl, 2744 190th St., east of Fort Dodge.

A 20-year-old Renwick man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2008 death of a man who died of a head injury after an altercation.

Michael Zamora pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2008 death of Colby Pettigrew.

Dexter cattle, one of the world's smallest true breeds of cattle, will stampede into Fort Dodge Thursday.

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 driver in a car crash that killed a Fort Dodge woman last year was charged with homicide by vehicle in Webster County Magistrate Court Tuesday.

By Iowa law, every third Monday of June, unpaid property tax revenues are offered at tax sale.

Even though she's retired, that doesn't mean Susan Gill's work is finished. Her days are spent serving others.

High in Trial and High Combined, Golden Retriever, OTCH Hightime's Ris N Above the Tide UDX, owned by Kathy Rosinovich-Platt Hound Group and Best in Show, Beagle 15" Ch orquay Midnight Confession Toy Group, Papillon Ch Marric's It takes a thief Big Red Angus didn't appear to be the least bit nervous before entering the show ring Saturday morning.

Next year the U-S government will take a national census, and they're asking city leaders to help out.

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.

The U.S. Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

A memorandum of understanding between Webster County and the city of Fort Dodge regarding animal control was approved by the Webster County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

A local Iowa State Patrol sergeant who was placed on leave twice this year while his conduct was investigated may lose his job, a state official confirmed Tuesday.