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New Blairsburg shelter to be dedicated Sunday with open house and potluck

This Sunday, Blairsburg is celebrating the construction of the addition to its park shelter with an open house potluck, and invites everyone to come and enjoy fellowship, food and the new facility. The dedication is a culmination of many volunteer hours, from fundraising to manpower, ...

Suspect arrested in Fort Dodge in ongoing investigation

WOOLSTOCK — At approximately 12;11 p.m. on Wednesday, an off-duty officer with the Webster City Police Department observed wanted subject Jeffrey Scott Johnson, 42 of Woolstock, at the Days Inn in Fort Dodge. The officer contacted the Webster County Law Enforcement Center and provided the ...

America at 250: West Virginia born amid chaos of Civil War

Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...