A Fort Dodge house was damaged by a late Tuesday afternoon fire. No one was injured. The fire was reported at 4:10 p.m. when smoke was spotted coming from the house at 221 S. Fourth St. No one was home, according to Fire Chief Matt Price. He said the fire was in a living room on the ...

Dana Preuschl has been named the new executive director of Webster County Veterans Affairs. Preuschl was introduced Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors. Preuschl has 24 years of active duty military service with the Iowa National Guard with nearly 35 years of service with the Guard. He ...

Iowa Central Community College is reminding current and prospective students that the deadline to apply for 2026-27 Foundation Scholarships is Feb. 27. With one single application, students can be considered for hundreds of scholarship opportunities totaling thousands of dollars in financial ...

The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday unanimously approved an agreement that lays the groundwork for getting money from the new property tax for emergency medical service. “This is kind of the baseline agreement,” City Manager David Fierke said. “We do have another agreement coming ...

Fort Dodge officials continue to work on eliminating a projected $480,000 deficit in the proposed budget for 2026-2027. That deficit is in the general fund, which pays for police and fire protection, recreation, parks, the Fort Dodge Public Library, the Blanden Memorial Art Museum and ...

The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday approved some new pay incentives for officers working in the chronically understaffed Police Department. At full strength, the department is to have 40 officers. But in the last few years, it has rarely had that many. To boost the morale of the officers ...