The Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education looked toward a promising future while honoring its past on Monday. Recently elected member Dan Scott officially joined, while former member and President Dan Altman stepped down from his duties. As part of that transition, Molly ...

One block of busy First Avenue South remains closed to traffic after part of a building’s facade tumbled down into the roadway late Saturday morning. No one was injured and no vehicles were damaged. But security camera video from a business across the street showed the facade fell just ...

Fort Dodge employees formerly represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees have lost their union representation as a result of a change in state law enacted in 2017. Among other things, that state law required regular retention and recertification elections ...

Editor's note: This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and organizations from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area who are making a difference in their communities. By LORI BERGLUND They are all “golden” — the ...

The Pastor Al Pavilion — the Fort Dodge community’s tribute to a minister who was the chaplain to local law enforcement officers, firefighters and paramedics — is now standing at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park. After about a week’s worth of assembly work by professionals and ...

Nestle Purina PetCare in Fort Dodge took action close to home through the company’s Purple Leash Project to help survivors of domestic violence. Associates at the local cat food plant donated necessities to the Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center, making it possible for more survivors ...