Local News

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The month of April is Child Abuse Awareness Month and a local hospital is bringing awareness to problem one pinwheel at a time. Humboldt County Memorial Hospital recently set […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Fort Dodge, IA – The Fort Dodge Police Department is asking for help in finding a person of interest in the late December shooting death of Ryan Andrews. According to a release […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com (KHBT) – The National Weather Service says a Wind Advisory will go into effect starting at 1:00 a.m. and lasting through 10:00 p.m. Wednesday. Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Humboldt Municipal Airport will soon be undergoing a runway rehabilitation project. Humboldt City administrator Cole Bockelmann says the $3.2 million dollar project will be roughly 90 percent funded […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Humboldt, IA – The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is in the midst of its High Five Initiative that targets the five highest counties in rates of OWIs and non-seatbelt compliance […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Dakota City, IA – Property owners in Humboldt County recently received their property taxation statements through the mail, but the Humboldt County Auditor’s Office says there was a hearing date printing error […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Dakota City, IA – Bids were opened up for the drainage district 80 tile improvement project in Dakota City that would replace the tile within the district to alleviate flooding near the […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com (KHBT) – The National Weather Service says brisk winds, dry vegetation, and lower relative humidity will combine to produce elevated fire weather conditions later today for much of north central and […]

By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com Fort Dodge, IA – An officer involved shooting left one dead in Fort Dodge on Saturday. According to a press release by Fort Dodge Police, law enforcement were called to a residence […]

Humboldt, IA – Humboldt County Public Health, HCMH and Prevent Child Abuse Iowa are joining communities across the state this month in celebrating the importance of social connections and working to strengthen social-wellbeing during Child […]