The city of Fort Dodge and the private Fort Dodge Community Recreation Center have joined forces in pursuit of federal grants. An agreement between the two was approved unanimously without discussion by the City Council Monday. The agreement sets up the framework under which the two ...

Jamie Huse, the longest-tenured staff member at the Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center, has one of the more challenging jobs there. She helps children navigate through life when domestic violence or violent crime upends their world. Huse, a 2002 graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High ...

A Des Moines River project and an agreement that may help secure a federal grant for a new recreation center are on the agenda for tonight’s Fort Dodge City Council meeting. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., with a Beacon of Hope shelter update. ...

A recently awarded $600,000 state grant will make it possible for the creation of the Sprouts Early Education and Development School in Fort Dodge to begin next year. The money from the Iowa Economic Development Authority is part of the financing package that will pay for renovating the ...

DAKOTA CITY — On a crisp fall morning the sun was shining in a cloudless blue sky. Not only was the sky blue, there was a sea of Triton blue, and Chantland-MHS Co. blue as well. Chantland-MHS is based in Dakota City, and has been in business for more than 80 years. It is a premier ...