The 15th annual Fur Ball will provide a chance to party while supporting the pets sheltered by the Almost Home Humane Society of North Central Iowa. The April 5 event at the Laramar Ballroom will feature live music by Maurice Jule, live and silent auctions, plenty of food and vendors. The ...

Rhonda Chambers, the director of aviation at Fort Dodge Regional Airport for about 29 years, will retire this summer. Chambers said Friday that she has set July 31 as her retirement date and submitted that to the city. The city government has posted the job position, beginning the search for ...

The intersection of 12th Street and Central Avenue in Fort Dodge will be temporarily closed beginning Monday as the second phase of the downtown storm sewer project begins. Work on the project was started in June 2024 and was completed in November 2024 on South 12th Street, according to ...

A pair of violent incidents early Friday morning that sent two individuals to the hospital were unrelated, according to the Fort Dodge Police Department. According to Police Chief Dennis Quinn, officers were called to 1433 Fourth Ave. S at 4:06 a.m.. Upon arrival, officers found a male with ...

Ava Rehm entered UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center’s Birth Center Thursday afternoon juggling two diaper cakes and a stroller with a grinning baby inside. While nurses at the Birth Center were ecstatic to see 7-month-old Elsa Rehm once again, they were equally thankful ...

One man was injured in a shooting in Fort Dodge Thursday evening. The man suffered a single gunshot wound to one leg, according to the Fort Dodge Police Department. He was taken to UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center by ambulance. Police reported that his injury did not ...