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The Fort Dodge City Council is scheduled to meet in closed session Monday ahead of the regular meeting. The special closed session is scheduled to begin at 5:30PM, just ahead of the 6:00PM regular meeting. The agenda calls for a…
DES MOINES— Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed an executive order launching the Governor’s Task Force on Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday to honor a quarter millennium of the United States of America marked by the signing of the Declaration of Independence. …
Fort Dodge Fire was summoned to an early morning house fire early this morning. Right around 02:30 AM, Fort Dodge Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 1320 North 22nd Street in Fort Dodge. According to the FDFD press…
Fort Dodge – Webster County Auditor has announced the successful completion of public testing on election equipment leading up to the November 4 City-School Election. The testing confirmed that all election equipment in Webster County is working properly and is…
The U.S. Department of Transportation provided notice yesterday to carriers and communities that additional funding has been secured for Essential Air Services (EAS). This additional funding will allow the Department to continue funding EAS through November 18th, 2025. EAS funding…
The Fort Dodge Board of Adjustment is in receipt of an application to allow for religious institution use in the Residential Multi-Family district. The request to allow for a new mosque at 513 South 19th Street in Fort Dodge. That…
A familiar name in the Fort Dodge political scene in running a write-in campaign for the Fort Dodge Mayoral race. Former City Councilman Andy Fritz is asking voters to write in his name for the November 4th General Election. Fritz…
The Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a Webster County convicted sex offender over the weekend. Sandra Cano-Videz, identified as a criminal illegal alien from Honduras, was arrested over the weekend. Cano-Videz was convicted for two counts…
Hoppe & Son LLC, the Developer of the proposed River District apartments near 3rd Avenue North and Hawkeye, has asked the City Council for a short extension to their original land purchase agreement. Under the new plan, the proposed closing…
An August sewage spill occurred involving the force main between the Webster County AG-Industrial Center, formally known as “Iowa’s Crossroads of Global Innovation”, and Fort Dodge’s wastewater treatment plant – brought to light by a tip received by Fort Dodge Watch.…
