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November 21st, at the intersection of Highway 169 and 290th Street in Webster County, Marleena Purkapile-Orr was involved in a two vehicle accident that could have taken her life. Less than three weeks since she was rushed by Life Flight first to a Des Moines hospital then to Iowa City,...

Jeremy Navis, who is the Assistant to the County Engineer in Wright County explained to the Wright County Board of Supervisors that there will be a much-needed repair to a well-used road near Goldfield. Navis stated that there is a specific area that the road crews will focus on using...

There will be no charges filed after three dogs attacked a woman November 24.

• Hamilton County Sheriff Douglas Timmons announced he will not be running for reelection at the end of his current term in 2024. • Timmons has been in law enforcement for 30 years, starting his career in 1995 at the Webster City Police Department.

Interested in adopting a pet — or just looking at some adorable pets near you up for adoption? There are dozens of endearing pets up for adoption at animal shelters in and around webster city..

Mr. Patrick, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Middle School Principal, is proud to recognize the students who attained. the honor roll for Tri 1 of the 2023/2024 school year. Seventy-three students are on the A Honor Roll. Twenty-seven of these students attained a 4.00 GPA. Students on the A Honor Roll have maintained a GPA of 3.67 or higher. Sixty-four students are on the B Honor Roll. Students on the B Honor Roll have maintained a GPA of 3.0 to 3.66.

I am not a big football fan, but on the rare occasions when I have visited a university stadium, I love the halftime performances by the college bands. In particular, I enjoy the sousaphones. For those who are not tuba aficionados, a sousaphone is the round-belled tuba most common in...

Someone asked the other day, “How old are Belmond’s downton Christmas decorations?” That question started us on a hunt for information.   Retired committee member Lynn Sorum started us on our research with some old files and a date — 1971.   The purchase of the Christmas...

KQWC Radio learned on Friday morning that Andy Brim will be named the next head football coach of the Webster City Lynx for the 2024 season, pending school board approval. Brim, a Webster City native, had just finished his 17th season with the program, serving as defensive coordinator, and will be taking over for the outgoing Hall-of-Famer Bob Howard.

Ten bids were opened for a three-year cash rent agreement on farm land owned by the county at the Dec. 4 meeting of the Wright County Board of Supervisors.   The winning bid of $428.01 per acre was submitted by Kevin Burras. The other bids ranged from $285 to $367. There are 257 acres of tillable land on the county farm.

Photo from Unsplash and unrelated to the city. For most people, it is a constant necessity of life to manage gas prices. The national average price for a gallon of regular-grade gas on Friday is $3.185, a week ago the price is $3.248 , according to AAA.

Dakota City, IA – The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution at their session Monday morning to increase daily room and board fees at the Humboldt County Jail. The current fees for inmates serving time run at $50 a day and starting Jan. 1, the fees will...

The Belmond-Klemme school board will be interviewing three candidates for superintendent.   Borseth is currently serving as the Clear Creek Elementary School Principal in Clear Lake. He has been the principal there since 2022 previously served as the Dean of Students/Assistant Principal at Clear Creek.   Borseth has a master’s degree...

A GoFundMe set up for the woman said she also has "serious head trauma" following the Nov. 24 attack

The Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Dance Team secured a commendable third place in the. Iowa State Dance & Drill Team Competition. (Photos: Joella Steffenson & Coach Alayna)

The Webster City Lynx and Clarion-Goldfield-Dows wrestling teams made the trip east on Thursday night, to compete in a North Central Conference tri-dual at Hampton-Dumont-CAL High School in Hampton, taking on the host Bulldogs in the meet. Webster City and CGD faced off with one another to start the night,...

Humboldt Co., IA – 82 years ago today, the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by the Empire of Japan in a bombardment of naval and air forces which took the lives of 2,403 Americans and would give the country no choice, but to submerse itself completely into the throes of the Second World War.

The Algona Boys basketball team defeated Forest City in non-conference play Thursday night 68-49, in a game heard on KIOW. Forest City travels to Buffalo Center tonight to take on North Iowa. Josiah Kleveland will have the live play by play beginning at 6 pm tonight. The West Hancock basketball teams travel to Armstrong to take on North Union tonight. AJ Taylor will have the live play by play on B103 and the West Hancock video stream. Other Thursday boys basketball scores:

The Eagle Grove Eagles wrestling team returned to action on Thursday night, as they made the trip east to Nashua to compete in a Top of Iowa Conference quad dual against Nashua-Plainfield, Northwood-Kensett and West Fork. Eagle Grove started the night against the hosts in Nashua-Plainfield and the Huskies started...

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa — Local businesses in Webster City are still reeling from a late November fire that destroyed an entire building. The road that goes right through the heart of downtown Webster City has been closed for days, and businesses are seeing less customers as a result of the closure.