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Around the area DAYTON — The Dayton Community Club is holding a Dayton Community Grocery freewill donation meal fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. SUNDAY at

Much of Iowa is getting its first taste of winter weather as this week begins. Between Monday and today, Fort Dodge is expected to see 5 to 8 inches of sn

OTHO — The title of the best chili in Webster County will be up for grabs this weekend at the seventh annual Otho Chili Cook-Off hosted by the Otho Betterm

bshea@messengernews.net OTHO — During any future power outages, the lights will still be on at the Otho fire station and the big garage doors will still roll up automatically so the fire trucks can go out. A new generator, paid for in part by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture, will make that possible. Final installation was completed Friday. Fire Chief Marty Smith said it will start running automatically whenever there is a power failure. ”Anytime the power goes out — boom — it goes on,” he said. Backup power is needed to support the operations of the Fire D...