Corwith, IA

FOREST CITY, Iowa – A Winnebago County woman is facing trial for allegedly using her child to buy drugs. Vanessa Anastasia Stevens, 35 of Forest City, has pleaded not guilty to use of a person under 18 in the drug trade and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Law...

Al Schuler, 48, of Thompson, passed away May 6, in rural Kossuth County. Family and friends are invited to gather at his farm located at 12178 410th Street, Thompson, from 3 to 6 PM Saturday, May 21, to honor his memory. To view his obituary and leave an online tribute,...

MASON CITY, Iowa – A man accused of robbing a home twice in two nights is pleading not guilty. Alan Valdez, 20 of Fort Worth, Texas, is now set to stand trial starting June 21 for third-degree burglary. Court documents state Valdez broke into a Meservey home on August...

Denison, IA – The Humboldt Wildcats Girls’ Golf team is headed to the 2022 Class 3A Girls’ State Tournament after an impressive showing this morning at Majestic Hills Golf Course. The girls’ team came in first place with a team score of 387 strokes, which was 13 strokes ahead of Sioux City in second place with 400 strokes.

The Forest City Council passed an ordinance on Monday night to levy taxes on the site of the new Irish Apartment Housing Complex in the downtown area. Forest City Mayor Byron Ruiter says this is another necessary step to see the project through to completion. Thursday, May 12th. Humboldt Boys...

Graveside services for 98-year-old Dorothy Matthiesen of Indianola, formerly of Fenton, will be Saturday, May 21st, at 1 p.m. at Rush Lake Cemetery in Curlew. Martin-Mattice Funeral Home in Emmetsburg is in charge of the arrangements.

(Denison) Humboldt and Sioux Center topped the field at the Class 3A Regional Golf Tournament at Majestic Hills Golf Course in Denison on Wednesday. Humboldt shot 387, and Sioux Center, 400, and join the Class 3A State Tournament field. Team Standings:. 1. Humboldt, 387-State Qualifier. 2. Sioux Center, 400-State Qualifier.

The Forest City Board of Education recently approved a pair of well deserving people for introduction into the Forest City Education Hall of Fame. Forest City Community Schools Superintendent Darwin Lehmann talked to KIOW News about how the process works as well as who the new inductees will be. Thursday,...

–A traffic stop early Saturday morning near downtown Algona resulted in a pair of drug related arrests. According to the Algona Police Department, Officers conducted the stop around 12AM Saturday near the intersection of Phillips and State Streets. After conducting a brief investigation, Officers arrested 46-year-old Tony Lee Jorgensen of Humboldt on a valid Kossuth County Warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance-3rd offense, a Class D Felony.

The Forest City baseball team lost the lead early and couldn’t recover in a 16-2 loss to Newman Catholic Tuesday night. The Knights opened the scoring on two errors in the second inning and added six more in the third to open an 8-0 lead. Matthew Henrich’s got the...

The Webster City Lynx baseball team opened up their 2022 campaign on Tuesday night, as they hosted the Eagle Grove Eagles in a battle of old North Central Conference foes. Eagle Grove entered following a 3-1 win over Southeast Valley on Monday night. The bats were loud early and often...

FOREST CITY, Iowa – Even without the results of the district track meet in Osage last Thursday; the Forest City girls track team was excited about their successes this season. They had five straight regular-season meet wins and won the TIC championship again – winning a meet for the sixth consecutive outing. And yes, to win those meets, Forest City needed their upperclassmen, but what really pushed the Indians from a good team to a top team in the state was their freshman and underclassmen.

–The Algona City Council approved some changes to a city ordinance that specifically deals with RAGBRAI while also approving the route riders will take through town this summer. City Administrator Jacob Tjaden highlighted the changes that the council proposed to vendor fees. The changes are a $100 reduction from the...

AM-1300 KGLO — Minnesota Twins at Oakland — pre-game 2:00, first pitch 2:35. MASON CITY — Mason City opened up the ballgame with a four-run first inning and never looked back in a 10-0, six inning win over Clear Lake in both baseball teams’ season openers, as you heard last night on AM-1490/96.7-FM KRIB and kribam.com. Ethan Roberts picked up the win for the River Hawks, pitching the first four innings, allowing only one hit, striking out nine. Mason City only had one run batted in in the game on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth by Cooper Wiemann, knocking in Carter Thomas, who ended up with two triples and three runs scored in the game. Mason City’s other nine runs came with three runs being pushed across the plate via balks, three by wild pitches, one by a passed ball, and two others on throwing errors. Mason City will host Charles City tonight at Roosevelt Field starting at 7:30. Clear Lake is off until Monday when they host West Fork.

Dale Beightol, Jr. of Mason City, was sentenced on the charge “Forgery,” a class D felony, stemming from an investigation by the Lake Mills Police Department on September 29, 2021. Beightol was sentenced to serve an indeterminate prison sentence not to exceed 15 years and ordered to pay applicable surcharges, court costs and victim restitution. The prison sentence was suspended and Beightol was placed on probation for a period of 5 years to the Department of Correctional Services.

Herman J. Suntken, 102, of Belmond, IA, died, Tuesday, may 17, 2022, with his children at his side at the Rehabilitation Center of Belmond. Public funeral services will be Monday, May 23, 2022, at 11 AM, at a Immanuel reformed Church east of Belmond. The Rev. David Dekuiper will be...

The Eagle Grove Eagles baseball team opened their 2022 season on Monday night, as they made the trip to southern Webster County to take on the Southeast Valley Jaguars in Dayton. Southeast Valley comes into 2022 off of a 15-13 season in 2021, while Eagle Grove was 11-13 in 2021.

The Lake Mills boys golf team lost critical pieces to last year’s team that finished third in Class 2A. The Bulldogs knew they would have a chance to return, but that chance has become a reality. The road wasn’t smooth this year for the Bulldogs, who battled weather, among...

Velva “Lucille” Berhow, 95, of Kanawha, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2022 at Kanawha Community Home in Kanawha. Private family services will be held at a later date.