Starting on Saturday, the familiar sound of bells ringing in front of stores began in Fort Dodge as the annual Salvation Army Kettle Campaign kicked off. It’s a sound heard every year and a need that’s always there, every year. “The need is great this year,” said Salvation Army ...
A contract for replacing the 101-year-old Highland Park Avenue Bridge will come before the Fort Dodge City Council tonight. The council will also consider the second readings of proposed increases in the monthly water and sanitary sewer bills. The council’s work will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., with a workshop on future street improvement projects. The council’s business meeting will begin at 6 p.m. That’s when the bridge contract will be considered. The timber frame bridge was built in 1925. It carries Highland Park Avenue over the ...
Long before Gabe Casciato was the senior pastor of Crossway Church in Fort Dodge, he was ministering to an entirely different type of congregation. Everyone in that congregation wore a military uniform. Often they were working under extreme stress that would be unimaginable to civilians. ...
