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‘Kindness always matters’

Local News

When 9-year-old Colton Holmes isn’t playing Pokemon or preparing for the Duncombe Elementary School Christmas concert, he’s giving interviews to national TV reporters and magazines. The Fort Dodge third-grader has become a viral sensation after he cleared snow from a fire hydrant near ...

News of record: Dec. 18, 2025

News of record

Police log FORT DODGE Tuesday A welfare check was conducted at First Avenue North and 22nd Street. A violation of a no contact order was reported in the 1400 block of Fifth Avenue South. A violation of a no contact order was reported in the 400 block of Avenue F. A vehicle accident ...

Fort Dodge Choral Society’s Christmas concert nears

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The Fort Dodge Choral Society will perform its annual Christmas concert on Sunday, but members of the group won’t be the only ones singing. The concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. in First United Methodist Church with a Chrstmas carol sing-along in which people in the audience will join Choral ...

OWI charge against Bemrich dropped

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A drunk driving charge against Mayor Matt Bemrich was dropped Wednesday, days after a judge ruled that police had no grounds to pull him over on the September evening on which he was arrested. Assistant Webster County Attorney Doug Cook filed a motion seeking dismissal of the ...