Jill Nelson has been named vice president of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance. Nelson, who has served as the Growth Alliance’s community and development director since August 2014, will begin her new role on Jan. 1, 2025. ‘I am honored to step into the role of vice president ...

Rumors that the Kenyon Road Bridge was about to collapse Thursday are not true, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. “There is no danger of collapse,” said Jenny Hoskins, a resident construction engineer for the Iowa DOT who has been leading the Kenyon Road Bridge ...

A Fort Dodge man awaiting sentencing for first-degree murder will have to wait until 2025 to learn his fate. Isaac Bachman was scheduled for sentencing Thursday afternoon in Webster County District Court. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for the June 2023 shooting ...

Around the area DAKOTA CITY — The Humboldt County Historical Museum, 905 First Ave. N., Dakota City, is holding “A Polar Express Christmas” from 1 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. SATURDAY at the Millhouse and Historic Hardy Church. A reading of “The Polar Express” is at 5:30 p.m. Hot ...

Twenty-nine staff members, professors, coaches, and administrators were approved for retirement Tuesday at Iowa Central Community College’s December board meeting. Combined, the approved list of retirees have been with Iowa Central for more than 470 years, and notably include Athletic ...

Former boxing champion John Roby wants his fans to know he has won another fight, and this one was a fight for his life. The Fort Dodge native is getting back into his usual routine about six weeks after landing in a Des Moines hospital in a much-weakened condition caused by a bleeding ...