Donathan Williams
A Fort Dodge man accused of stabbing another man at a downtown apartment in July 2020 has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
Donathan L. Williams, 42, was arrested on July 2, 2020, after the victim, 39-year-old Lavaris Bosworth, walked into the Community Health Center of Fort Dodge, 126 N. 10th St., with wounds on his neck and back. Bosworth was transported to UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center for serious injuries.
The criminal complaint for the incident said that Bosworth was stabbed after Williams followed him up to his fifth-floor apartment in the Biltwell Apartment building, 106 N. 10th St.
Video surveillance showed Willaims, walking with a knife, involved in an apparent altercation in the apartment before leaving, then returning and chasing the victim down the hallway toward the building’s fire escape. In addition to video surveillance, a very apparent trail of blood led officers to the scene of the crime.
Apr 8, 2021
Jason T. Mills, 52, of Fort Dodge died Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at Trinity Regional Medical Center. No local services are planned at this time. Laufersweiler Funeral Home is serving the family.
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The Fort Dodge Police Department is investigating two incidents of shots fired that occurred overnight Tuesday into Wednesday.
At approximately 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, law enforcement received a report of shots fired in the area of Second Avenue North and 22nd Street. Information provided indicated that a vehicle had fled the area after several shots were fired.
According to a release from the FDPD, when officers arrived, they located evidence of shots being fired in the parking lot of 115 N. 22nd St., the Clark Convenience Store. No injuries were reported and no one was located on the scene when officers arrived.
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Ashley Doster, a fourth grade teacher at St. Edmond Catholic School, left, looks over a letter sent to Grace Schlegel, 9, one of her students. Schlegel was sent the letter by a Marian Home resident through the Care Mail program started by UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
McKenna Dillard, 9, a fourth-grader in Ashley Doster’s St. Edmond Catholic School class, holds a letter sent to her from a resident at the Marian Home and Village. Residents there and students from St. Edmond exchanged Care Mail throughout the year. The program was started through UnityPoint Health – Trinity Regional Medical Center.
UnityPoint Health Trinity Regional Medical Center is holding health screenings April 8 and 12. Community blood work screenings will be held from 7 a.m.