When Steve Hergenreter joined the Fort Dodge Fire Department in March 1989, he earned a little over $7 an hour doing a job routinely considered one of the most dangerous in the country. “It was my dream since I was a young boy to do this work, and I couldn’t have had a better ...
Two contracts for some routine maintenance work were awarded by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. Weikert Contracting, of Cedar Falls, was hired to paint lane stripes and other markings on city streets at a cost of $105,479.80. It also awarded a contract for mowing at North Lawn Cemetery ...
Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Monday Second-degree theft — Sean A. Paxson, 56, Clare, preliminary hearing waived. Third-degree burglary — Joseph A. Bergman, 46, 320 N. 19th St., preliminary hearing waived, no contact order issued; Joshua L. Brown, 42, 311 First Ave. S., ...
The proposed budget for the next fiscal year in Fort Dodge reduces the property tax rate, but the need to close a deficit will impact the schedule at the aquatics center and potentially be felt in other city services. The spending plan reviewed by the City Council Monday includes a ...
The construction of a new Kwik Star store at Second Avenue North and 15th Street got an early boost from the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. The council approved the first reading of a measure approving a needed zoning change. A new 7,320-square-foot store will replace the current one on ...