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Lift assist calls will now have a price tag

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Fort Dodge firefighters and paramedics will continue to respond to help people get back up after a fall, but in some cases there will now be a fee for that service. The City Council on Monday approved a fee schedule — one for nursing facilities and one for private individuals — to be ...

Two hurt in train, car crash

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GOWRIE — Two people were seriously injured when the car they were in collided with a freight train in Gowrie Sunday afternoon. The collision happened at about 3 p.m. at the grade crossing on Lincoln Street. One of the injured people was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital by a ...

Down the trail

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One of the things that the current Prairie River Trail System doesn’t lack for are destinations in both Fort Dodge and greater Webster County. The list on the map is long. They include John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, Rosedale Rapids, Webster County’s Freedom Rock, and Iowa Central ...

Small downtown FD park considered

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Preliminary steps toward creating a small park along Central Avenue will be taken by the Fort Dodge City Council this evening. The council will also consider implementing a fee to be charged when the Fire Department is called to lift someone up who is otherwise uninjured. The council will ...