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Fort Dodge, Homer were rivals for county seat

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Fort Dodge was still an active Army post when it and all the land around it became part of an official Iowa county. But it wasn’t named Webster County. And the process of eventually getting the county seat moved to the town of Fort Dodge after the Army left got a little bit nasty. The ...

Ideas offered at community talk on homelessness

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Homelessness is a controversial and complex social problem that is often difficult to alleviate or resolve. However, there are a growing number of services and approaches designed to improve the problem of homelessness in Fort Dodge. This was the main message of a “community ...

News of Record: April 24, 2026

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Fort Dodge man arrested for making threats with gun A Fort Dodge man was arrested on multiple charges after pointing a handgun at a city code enforcement worker on Wednesday, according to court records. Douglas A., Dillingham, 35, of 3108 10th Ave. S., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and ...