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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · By LORI BERGLUND

    Generations of service (opens the original)

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    STRATFORD -- Every time Grant Carlson responded to a call for the Stratford Fire and Rescue Department, he was carrying on a family tradition. Sixty-four years ago to the month, the Stratford community mourned the death of Carlson's grandfather, Carl Harold Larson. Like Carlson, Larson was a long-time chief for the Stratford volunteers. On Sept. 21, 1962, he responded to a fire in a pile of lumber at the co-op elevator. The fire had been almost entirely put out when Larson collapsed, according t

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · By LORI BERGLUND

    Stratford mourns (opens the original)

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    STRATFORD -- They are the unsung heroes of every community. Across rural Iowa, where small towns are like islands in a massive sea of corn and soybeans, where the roads stretch out long and hard from any hospital or emergency room, volunteer fire and rescue departments are a lifeline for local residents. They answer the call in the midst of summer floods and winter storms, often responding to help people they have known all their lives. So, when a volunteer fire department grieves for one of its

  3. Article · Aug 15, 2026 · By Lori Berglund

    Farm Progress Show will kick off the harvest season (opens the original)

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    BOONE -- Before they head out to their own fields, Iowa farmers can check out what is likely to be the first corn harvest of the year when the Farm Progress Show opens in Boone for its three-day run beginning on Sept. 1. As of the last days of July, the crop at the Central Iowa Expo Grounds just east of Boone was looking beautiful, according to show organizers. Some 350 acres of corn are expected to be harvested during the show. "Everything looks really good," said Matt Jungmann, national events

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · By Lori Berglund

    Smoother ride coming to Dolliver Park (opens the original)

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    OTHO -- Cruising through Dolliver Memorial State Park will be a little smoother and safer soon as a regular maintenance project on the Prairie Creek bridge at the south end of the park nears completion this week. “It's a pretty popular destination," said Webster County Engineer Jamie Johll. "People like to drive through Dolliver year-round." Officials from the Engineer's Office put the bridge, built in 1993, on the county's schedule for routine maintenance when concrete spalling became evident a

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