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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · By KELLI BLOOMQUIST

    Confusion continues (opens the original)

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    Webster County voters thought they had settled the question of how to fund emergency medical services when more than 83 percent of voters approved a levy of up to 75 cents last year. But then the state changed the calculation. This summer, Webster County officials learned the Iowa Department of Management had calculated the county's EMS levy rate at roughly 66 cents per $1,000 of taxable value for the current fiscal year rather than the maximum 75-cent rate authorized by voters. The lower rate d

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · By Kelli Bloomquist

    ‘A difficult reality’ (opens the original)

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    MOORLAND -- A Catholic church that once served generations of Moorland-area families is no longer designated as a sacred place for worship. Bishop John E. Keehner of the Diocese of Sioux City issued a decree Tuesday relegating Our Lady of Good Counsel Church to "profane but not sordid use," following extensive damage to the building during a storm on May 17. In Catholic canon law, the designation means the church is no longer considered a sacred place for divine worship and loses its dedication

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · By Kelli Bloomquist

    Extra milk, extra hope (opens the original)

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    Webster County now has its own breast milk collection depot, giving area mothers a convenient way to donate surplus breast milk to help medically vulnerable infants. Located at the Webster County Health Department, the new depot has already collected approximately 2,000 ounces of donated breast milk, eliminating the need for local donors to travel more than an hour to the nearest collection sites in Lake City or Clarion. The new depot came about thanks in part to UnityPoint Health nurse Morgan B

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · By Kelli Bloomquist

    FD man behind bars again just months after release (opens the original)

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    Just 16 months after being sentenced to prison for involuntary manslaughter, a Fort Dodge man is back behind bars again. Olnario Rodriguez-Ruffridge was arrested Saturday by Fort Dodge police after he reportedly broke into an apartment and assaulted two people inside. According to court documents, at approximately 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Rodriguez-Ruffridge forced his way into an apartment at 319 S. Eighth St. where he assaulted both a man and woman inside. According to the criminal complaints filed

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · By Kelli Bloomquist

    Supervisors hear about moisture problems at courthouse (opens the original)

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    Webster County Supervisors heard a presentation Tuesday on continuing moisture problems at the Webster County Courthouse that could contribute to deterioration of the building's foundational masonry. Michael Clancy, chief technology officer for RenoDry, an Overland Park, Kansas, company, told supervisors the company first inspected the Webster County Courthouse foundation three years ago and upon returning this week, found the sandstone to have further deteriorated. "It really addresses structur

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