With mesh bags in hand, their heads mostly looking down, and a keen desire to find the motherload of morels, a secretive band of hunters is about to hit the woods in central Iowa. Will this be the year when the sometimes elusive morel mushrooms are abundant for those willing to trek into ...

Heavy rains regularly meant trouble in Fort Dodge a decade or so ago. Many residents would have sewage backing up into their basements. Public works crews used to set up trailer-mounted pumps to pump sewage out of manholes. The staff of McClure Engineering Co. documented all these problems in ...

A potential 14-cent increase in the property tax rate for the Fort Dodge city government received scant interest during a Monday evening public hearing. Just one person, Mike Raja, owner of the Days Inn at 3040 Fifth Ave. S., addressed the City Council during the hearing. He spoke against the ...

Local legislators still wrestling with potential property tax and eminent domain changes were asked during a Saturday forum to explain their position on funding for education. State Rep. Wendy Larson, R-Odebolt, said during Saturday’s Eggs and Issues forum that statewide the number of ...

A cigarette on a second-story deck ignited a Saturday afternoon fire that damaged a Fort Dodge home. No one was hurt in the fire at 1235 Fifth Ave. N., which was reported just before 3 p.m. According to Fire Chief Matt Price, a resident of the house reported that she had been smoking on ...