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By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Fort Dodge, IA – Fort Dodge Police have opened a homicide investigation after a deceased male was discovered outside an apartment building early this morning with an apparent gunshot wound. According to […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Fort Dodge, IA – Fort Dodge Fire Crews battled a blaze Tuesday night as a three-story building went up in flames at 1107 Central Ave. At 9:02 pm, the Fort Dodge Fire […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – An accident involving a semi-tractor trailer and a Chevrolet Equinox resulted in minor injuries Wednesday along US. Highway 169. The accident occurred in front of Ace Hardware toward the […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – Humboldt City Council approved a resolution at their council session Monday night updating its bicycle laws and adding electric scooters and micro mobility devices to an ordinance. The new […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Livermore, IA – Two people in Livermore have been arrested on charges of kidnapping, sexual exploitation, and child endangerment charges. 37-year-old Dixie Jean Niles and 37-year-old Nathaniel Lee Depew, both of Livermore, […]

(Radio Iowa) – The State Health Department has confirmed the first case of West Nile virus. The Department says the individual is a middle-aged adult between 41 and 60 years old from northern Iowa. The […]