Ensuring the public safety is the most important role of a city government, and having a good police force is one of the key tools for fulfilling that role. A city ought to have a police force that is large enough to project a presence that will not only catch criminals, but deter them from ...
According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, drug overdose deaths In Iowa have climbed 34 percent between 2019 and 2021. Among Iowans age 25 and younger, overdose deaths surged by 120 percent. Tragically, 470 lives were stolen by drug overdose in Iowa last year. Drug overdose deaths, ...
Just about everyone has called in sick at some point, saying they had the flu when they were sniffling, sneezing, maybe running a fever and generally feeling lousy. Those symptoms definitely add up to an illness, but the problem is not really the flu. Influenza, as it is properly known, is ...
There are exciting things going on in Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge and Webster County are well-positioned to prosper if creative leaders in government and the private sector leverage assets and resources appropriately to take advantage of the very real opportunities for business and commercial ...
Every year around the holidays, the generosity of people who live in and around Fort Dodge blossoms. The familiar red kettles of The Salvation Army get filled with change by people going in and out of stores. Donations flow for initiatives like Coats for Kids. Those are some of the ...
The odds were stacked against Jim Lloyd welcoming in this new year and celebrating his second “re-birthday” next month. But the odds didn’t take into account the power of #JimStrong - the rallying cry for his family, friends and health caregivers when the Fort Dodge native, possessed ...