The regional landfill, recycling center and household hazardous materials center will be closed today, Saturday and Monday, according to an announcement from the North Central Iowa Regional Solid Waste Agency.

The Blanden Memorial Art Museum, 920 Third Ave. S., will close at noon Friday in observance of Christmas Eve and will be closed on Saturday in observance of Christmas Day. The museum will also be closed on Jan. 3, 2023, in observance of New Year’s Day.

The Fort Dodge Fire Department will be getting one new ambulance and having another one remounted on a new chassis. The new ambulance will cost $295,225. It will replace a 2014 model now in use. Also, the box on a 2016 ambulance now in use will be removed and placed on a new Ram chassis. ...

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1007 First Ave. S., will hold a Gift Wrapping, Cookies and Coats event from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Church service is at 10 a.m. Bring presents ready to wrap for a freewill donation. The event includes a Christmas cookie bake sale. The church will accept ...

UnityPoint Clinic Orthopedics — Fort Dodge will host a free Bone and Joint Q&A Workshop from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m today at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center in Conference Center 2. This informal, come and go event gives the community an opportunity to meet orthopedic ...

First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1611 Williams Drive, will hold its annual Christmas cookie and bake sale, “Cookies and More,” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church. The sale will include large and small containers of cookies, some in decorative tins, plus homemade jams, ...