An abandoned house was destroyed in a suspicious fire that sent a huge cloud of black smoke billowing over the northwest side of Fort Dodge Friday evening. The fire at 424 First Ave. N.W. was reported at 6:30 p.m. The house is located at the top of a steep hill at the dead end of First ...
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BRITT — Years of showing cattle and earning purple ribbons in the ring led one north-central Iowa farm couple to create their birth-to-plate cattle operation called Purple Ribbon Beef. As a fourth-generation family farm, sisters Ashley and Sara loved traveling across the country showing ...
Police Log FORT DODGE Thursday A fight was reported in the 400 block of North 27th Street. A burglary was reported in the 1900 block of 11th Avenue South. A person with a weapon was reported at 15th Street and First Avenue South. A hit and run accident was reported in the 800 block ...
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a plan championed by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley that will help hospitals like UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. It is called the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration. Grassley, a Republican, said it “gives rural hospitals a better ...