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21 hrs ago | The Messenger

One injured in semi/car crash

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA, Barnum, IA

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers a...

All aboard the safety train

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA, Moorland, IA

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Messenger

Webster County sales tax effective .....

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA, Stratford, IA, Badger, IA

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Messenger

Federal award to aid U.S. 20

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

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Related Topix: Indianola, IA, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King, US Senate, Chuck Grassley, Iowa, Fort Dodge, IA

Sat Jun 27, 2009

The Messenger

ISU Extension names 19 new director.....

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.

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Related Topix: Iowa State University, Personal Finance, Retirement, Humboldt, IA, Fort Dodge, IA, Calhoun County, IA

Thu Jun 25, 2009

The Messenger

Gowrie elevator explosion sends two.....

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

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Related Topix: Gowrie, IA, Farnhamville, IA, Harcourt, IA

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Messenger

Fire destroys barn east of Fort Dod.....

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

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Related Topix: Fire, Fort Dodge, IA, Duncombe, IA, Vincent, IA

WOI

Renwick Man Pleads Guilty in 2008 Fort Dodge Death

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Messenger

Renwick man pleads guilty to involu.....

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

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Sat Jun 20, 2009

The Messenger

Tiny cattle to draw big crowd

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

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Thu Jun 18, 2009

The Messenger

FD rail plans eyed at ag park

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

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA, Barnum, IA

Tue Jun 16, 2009

The Messenger

Driver charged in November crash

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

The Messenger

Unpaid taxes redeemed at Webster Co.....

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

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Messenger

Gill gives back

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

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Sat Jun 13, 2009

The Messenger

Top dogs find competition a little .....

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Mon Jun 08, 2009

KTIV-TV Sioux City

South-central Neb. toddler run over, killed

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

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA, Larchwood, IA

Sun Jun 07, 2009

WHO-TV Des Moines

Boil Advisory Lifted For Barnum

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.

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Related Topix: Barnum, IA

Fri Jun 05, 2009

The Messenger

Federal monies are helping FD

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

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Related Topix: Tax, Fort Dodge, IA

Wed Jun 03, 2009

The Messenger

Webster supervisors OK animal contr.....

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.

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Related Topix: Fort Dodge, IA

Tue Jun 02, 2009

The Messenger

State moves to fire Patrol Sgt. Hic.....

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.

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Related Topix: Webster City, IA, Computers, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

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