Businessman Todd McCubbin has declared his candidacy for the Fort Dodge City Council. He is seeking the Ward 3 seat that Councilman Dave Flattery will be vacating as he runs for mayor. “It’s kind of been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time and this just seems like the right ...

A $100,000 loan request for tax increment financing funding for The Boston Centre’s elevator project will not move forward. The item was listed on Tuesday’s Webster County Board of Supervisors’ regular meeting agenda, but with lack of a motion from any of the supervisors, the item died ...

When Steve Hergenreter joined the Fort Dodge Fire Department in March 1989, he earned a little over $7 an hour doing a job routinely considered one of the most dangerous in the country. “It was my dream since I was a young boy to do this work, and I couldn’t have had a better ...

The proposed budget for the next fiscal year in Fort Dodge reduces the property tax rate, but the need to close a deficit will impact the schedule at the aquatics center and potentially be felt in other city services. The spending plan reviewed by the City Council Monday includes a ...

The construction of a new Kwik Star store at Second Avenue North and 15th Street got an early boost from the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. The council approved the first reading of a measure approving a needed zoning change. A new 7,320-square-foot store will replace the current one on ...

A unique farm-to-table program brought forward by Future Farmers of America and the Health Occupation Students of America chapters at Fort Dodge Senior High was presented Monday at the Fort Dodge Community School board meeting. According to health occupations instructor Kylie O’Leary, the ...