Gowrie News

For the 136th consecutive year, the city of Gowrie made Independence Day a day to remember as residents and visitors came together to celebrate the Fourth of July with a little bit of small-town hospitality and a lot of American pride.

Gertrude E. Pencook, 91, of Fort Dodge passed away on June 28, 2009 at the Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, IA.

July 3: McDemott Family Shows Carnival open at 5 p.m. Street Dance at Marv's Market Street Bar & Grill 8 p.m. to midnight July 4: Kid's parade 9:50 a.m., parade 10 a.m., craft fair, American Legion Auxiliary foodstand open all day, Bill Riley State Fair Talent Search 2 p.m. all in City Park, Gowrie Fire Department Car Show 1 to 4 p.m. Laurel Park, ...

It isn't Tom Schill's crowning achievement in golf, but Sunday's senior victory at the 61st annual Fort Dodge Amateur definitely ranks among the best.

A minor explosion in the West Central Co-op elevator sent two employees to Trinity Regional Medical Center Wednesday morning.

Two workers at a central Iowa cooperative have been injured in an explosion at a grain elevator.

When it comes to local festivals, where can you smoke? Not under the Big Top at Fort Dodge's Frontier Days.

Russell M. Petersen, age 88, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Gowrie Care Center.

Heat 1: 1. Duane Ferguson, Otho; 2. Cody Wirt, Otho; 3. Jarid Kuchenreuther, Fort Dodge.

When Terry Mentzer first joined the Southwest Webster-Gowrie Ambulance service as an emergency medical technician assistant 15 years ago, she had no idea she would have the opportunity to do some of the things she does today.

The agencies participating in the FD Regional Airport full-scale emergency disaster drill included: Airport personnel Fort Dodge Fire Department Fort Dodge Police Department Webster County Sheriff's Office Southwest Webster-Gowrie Ambulance Badger Fire Department Vincent Ambulance Air National Guard Iowa Central Community College Emergency ...

Ivan F. Hunter, 94, died Sunday, April 26, 2009 at Tompkins Memorial Health Center, Fort Dodge.

A firey three-truck crash in Greene County claimed the life of a Callender man Thursday.

Some Iowa lawmakers want to require public officials to be more transparent about new policies they are considering.

Iowa Supreme Court Justice Mark Cady, of Fort Dodge, wrote the opinion that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa.

Lawmakers serving Webster County have spent the last three months working to pass measures they introduced to help residents and businesses in their districts.

Ruby C. Koppen, 94, died Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Tompkins Memorial Health Center, Fort Dodge.

Every day in Webster County, the wail of sirens can be heard as ambulances and fire trucks roll to emergencies.

The carpet in the office of a state agency handling the recovery from the 2008 floods sparked one of the sharpest exchanges between lawmakers during the Eggs and Issues forum Saturday.

KCCI Cares About the Community...That's why we pitch in with 'Project Mainstreet!' For more than 20 years we've been helping improve Iowa communities by awarding five $3,000 grants each spring! Then we come ...