FORT DODGE — Rob Sand told a Fort Dodge audience Monday that he will bring a different approach to the governor’s office that will produce solutions that work for Iowans on everything from water quality to mental health. The Democrat said the state now has two “private clubs” - The ...
It’s been quite a while, nearly two years, since I sat down and wrote about Our Neighborhood. Time, it seems, really does fly by faster and faster the longer we live. Dion, in his song “Abraham, Martin and John”, uses the line “it seems, the good, they die young”. It’s certainly been my experience that there are a lot of good people residing there. Osmond Ellingson was born in Norway, Iowa in 1865. Schooling in Mt Vernon was followed by a college graduation from the University of Michigan Law School in 1892. Osmond moved to Webster City and practiced with Judge ...
By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch The Izaak Walton League of America, the group that works with volunteers across the country to monitor nitrate concentrations in water with free test kits, is hosting its inaugural Nitrate Pollution Awareness Week. The group will hold webinars and ...
By JENNIFER SHUTT Iowa Capital Dispatch/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday called on the U.S. Senate to cancel its five-week August break, keeping lawmakers in session to advance several of his priorities, despite not having the votes. Trump wrote in a social media post that he wanted Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to keep the chamber open, preventing vulnerable Republicans facing reelection from the campaign trail, to pass a voter identification bill, among other measures. “John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ...
This year Webster City Community School District’s Back-to-School Night is from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Middle School. All students, parents and guardians are invited. There is no charge to attend, and the first 300 attendees will receive a free hot dog dinner compliments of ...
By ALEX BROWN Iowa Capital Dispatch A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general has joined a lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration’s halt of onshore wind projects in the United States. Last week, 18 states and the District of Columbia moved to intervene in a lawsuit filed by wind industry companies against the Department of Defense. The companies and state leaders say that the feds have frozen all new wind projects by refusing to conduct routine national security reviews. The bottleneck has halted more than 155 onshore wind projects, according to the American ...
