Friendship Haven will host its annual Purple Memory Walk on Wednesday. Participants are asked to wear purple and meet at 2 p.m. at the Welcome Center. Residents will be joined by members of the Iowa Central Track & Field and Cross Country teams who will walk around campus in honor of ...

A meet and greet to welcome the new executive director of Main Street Fort Dodge, Mary Green-Warnstadt, is 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at River Hops Brewing, 1014 Central Ave. Appetizers, cookies and bottled water will be provided at the come and go event.

The Webster County Conservation Department is holding a flint knapping class at 6 p.m. Thursday at Camp WaNoKi, 2400 WaNoKi Camp Road, Fort Dodge. Donnie Arends and Matt Mitchell will share stories and help beginners learn this ancient skill. Special guest archaeologist Mark Anderson from the ...

A new pumper truck for the Fort Dodge Fire Department has been ordered. The City Council on Monday voted to buy the truck from Pierce Manufacturing, of Appleton, Wisconsin, for $1,173,196. When the new truck is delivered in late 2028, it will replace a 2001 model now in use.

Drive-thru flu and COVID shot clinics will be held this week by the Webster County Health Department. The first clinic will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The second clinic will be from 9 a.m. to noon Friday. Both will be held in the parking lot of the Health Department building at 723 ...

Three local students were named to honors lists at Des Moines Area Community College for the recent summer semester. Jonathan Prach, of Fort Dodge, was named to the President’s List. He is studying cybersecurity. Jesseca Pirie, a business student from Callender, and Alexander Hansen, a ...