Duncombe News

The first blizzard of the season greeted Iowa with snow measures over a foot and snow drifts between 2 and 3 feet.

What: Shimkat Motor Co. is accepting donations of new and gently used children's coats, boots, snowpants, hats and gloves to be given to area elementary school children.

Law enforcement officials and emergency personnel are urging people to stay off the roads until the blizzard subsides.

Jane Klingson, of Paton, works in the wig bank at the Trinity Regional Medical Center Cancer Center, where she fits wigs for those who have lost their hair.

R. Larry Phillips, 68, of Duncombe, died Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge.

"And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus." -Luke 23: 26 In the Fifth Station, Simon of Cyrene takes the cross from Jesus and carries it because the cross was heavy.

Where: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 211 S. 13th St. For those who have fond memories of attending Mass at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St.

The new pastor of the United Methodist Stratford Charge is looking forward to serving all of the churches that make up the four-point charge in Hamilton and Webster counties.

Iowa State University Extension will be hosting a crop hail damage informational meeting from 10 a.m. to noon Monday in the Duncombe area.

Large hail and high winds Sunday morning stripped corn and soybean fields in an intermittent swath from Duncombe to Interstate 35 and caused scattered property damage along the way.

Large hail and high winds Sunday morning stripped corn and soybean fields in an intermittent swath from Duncombe to Interstate 35 and caused scattered property damage along the way.

A lengthy list of summer construction projects nears completion in the Fort Dodge school district.

Paul M. Orr Sr., 82, of 1301 Summit St., Marshalltown, Iowa died Monday July 6, 2009 at the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown.

Fire destroyed a barn Monday on the property of Gerald Ascherl, 2744 190th St., east of Fort Dodge.

Swine smooching is not the traditional way to mark a retirement, but Stephen Harbaugh puckered up Thursday - the last day of classes for the Fort Dodge Community School District.