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Shemar Forbes failed to return to the Fort Dodge Residential Center as required on June 19th, 2026. Forbes is serving time for Willful Injury in Webster County, along with additional convictions for Domestic Abuse and Assault on a Peace Officer.…
The Iowa Economic Development Authority’s State Historic Preservation Office has awarded $750,000 in Iowa Rural Heritage Revitalization Grants to support the rehabilitation of eight historic properties in Atlantic, Beaconsfield, Bentonsport, Fairfield, Fort Dodge, Harcourt, Lime Springs and Wapello. The Fort…
The Fort Dodge City council will handle a few other items that may be of interest at their next regularly scheduled meeting. There are two police officer appointments on the Agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting. Constancio Gomez and Ethan Krieger…
The Fort Dodge City Council is slated to confirm Hannah Angstrom, Assistant Director of Recreation Services, and the new leader of the Department. Current Director Lori Branderhorst will be retiring from her current position. A retirement proclamation for Branderhorst at…
The Fort Dodge City Council will consider an Animal Control Services agreement at their next scheduled meeting. The proposed agreement would be a three year term with Webster County Animal Protection LLC, beginning July 1st 2026 until June 30th 2029.…
The Fort Dodge City Council will consider offloading a tract of land along 5th Avenue South at their next scheduled meeting. The lots to be sold are located at the Southwest corner of 5th Avenue South and South 16th Street.…
CJ Bio America recently entered into a Consent Order with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in regards to a 2025 incident resulting in release and fish kill incident. On April 14, 2025 Iowa DNR field office received a phone call…
The Fort Dodge Community School District will consider refreshing the scoreboard at McNeil field at Dodger Stadium at their next regularly scheduled meeting. The School Board will review a quote for a new outdoor LED scoreboard display from Varsity Group…
A few weeks ago, the Iowa Department of Public Safety rolled their 2025 data into the Iowa Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) System. The Iowa UCR System publishes data annually at a minimum. In the future, the Department aims to publish data…
Dorsey and Whitney LLP, the firm that represents the City of Fort Dodge’s interests in regards to the sports Pavilion, officially served a Notice of Forfeiture of Real Estate Contract this afternoon to MandM LLC and other stakeholders. The letter…
