Pocahontas News

The annual Clay County Veterans Day Program will take place at the Veteran's Memorial Wednesday.

A Pocahontas man avoids jail time in connection with meth charges filed by the Pocahontas County Sheriff's Office.

"Mrs. Mullen's militancy never abated. At 74, she rode a bus for 38 hours to protest the first Persian Gulf war.

Peg Mullen, an Iowa farm wife who made herself a living symbol of loss after her son was killed in Vietnam, as she sharply questioned the military's explanations and became an outspoken antiwar crusader, died Friday in La Porte City, Iowa.

GOP gubernatorial front-runner Bob Vander Plaats has officially endorsed an independent candidate running for a seat in the Iowa House.

Update : Brady Campaign chastises Sen. Grassley for ignoring veiled threat A little-noticed YouTube video of a recent town hall meeting with Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley reveals the Senator gave a strikingly anemic reply to a man who compared Barack Obama to genocidal Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and made an implied threat against the president.

Pocahontas, Ia. - Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley returned Monday to ground that proved treacherous earlier this month by arguing again that Americans were understandably scared about health care legislation in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House.

The Wall Street Journal reports that, in a recent interview, Sen. Chuck Grassley - the ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee and member of the " Gang of Six " tasked with producing bipartisan health care legislation - " vowed not to vote for an 'imperfect '" health care bill: "Now is the time to do this right or not do it." "We need to ...

Several Messengerland softball players recently garnered Iowa Girls Coaches Association all-district honors for their efforts this year.

Several Messengerland softball players recently garnered Iowa Girls Coaches Association all-district honors for their efforts this year.

Richard Wayne Guidry, now serving a life prison term for shooting his estranged wife, Holly Guidry, their twins, Tristan and Nikita Guidry and a family friend Scot Blasey almost killing them all on August 9, 2005 in the minivan shooting in Pocahontas, Iowa. Guidry recently returned to Pocahontas County's Courthouse on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 and was housed in the jail there for his Post-Conviction Trial in a last ditch attempt to get a new trial. Guidry claimed that the Jurors were prejudiced against him and claims that it was still an accident, he did nothing wrong and no one was severely injured and basically just kept denying the truth in order not to accept any responsibility for his actions. Guidry further claimed that his attorney Edward Bjournstad of Spirit Lake gave ineffective assistance to him during his trial in 2006 in Pocahontas. Also Present were Charles Thoman, Assistant Iowa Attorney General, Prosecutor at the trial and Ann Beneke, the Pocahontas County Attorney as well as Guidry's new state appointed lawyer. The judge will make his decision in 30 days. For now, Guidry will be transported back to Anamosa State Penitentary in Anamosa, to await the judge's decision.

Early Wednesday morning federal agents arrested 26 people across the Midwest for their alleged involvement in dog fighting rings.

Cliff Markley will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. "As far as dope related its thirty years," Markley said from inside the county jail, "And other stuff, an additional 33." He's only 23 but his addiction to methamphetamine started over a decade ago.

Authorities said two children playing with fireworks started a fire that destroyed a home in Albert City in northwest Iowa last weekend.

A northern Iowa couple has been cited for child endangerment after their 7-year-old son was found in subzero temperatures.

Richard Guidry, who resides at the Anamosa State Penitentary in Anamosa, Iowa will get one last court hearing before he will be forced to serve out his life sentence in prison for the attempted murders and various charges resulting from his shooting his family in cold blood on August 9, 2005 in Pocahontas, Iowa. July 15th, 2009 at 9am, Richard Guidry will get his post conviction trial for which the Pocahontas County District Court has set aside one day for the trial. Richard Guidry appealed his original sentencing as well as appealed the termination of his parental rights to his three children but, both were affirmed by the Iowa Court of Appeals. Richard Guidry's Due process is finally running out. The family says maybe now they can finally get on with their lives.

Cliff Markley will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. "As far as dope related its thirty years," Markley said from inside the county jail, "And other stuff, an additional 33." He's only 23 but his addiction to methamphetamine started over a decade ago.

Lorretta C. Heidt, 55, of Fort Dodge, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home.

Hilary and Susan Powers were a long way from their home in Anna Maria, Fla., Saturday afternoon.

A funnel cloud was spotted in Pocahontas County Tuesday afternoon when the first severe storm of the season roared across the Fort Dodge region.