The members of the Iowa Barn Foundation (IBF) aren’t given to flights of fancy, but they’re immodestly calling this fall’s 26th annual statewide barn tour, “the world’s largest.” The tour showcases restored, historic barns across Iowa, including the 105-year-old barn near ...
Neven Conrad will once again be a regular presence at Fort Dodge City Council meetings. The former councilman was appointed city attorney Monday evening by a unanimous vote of the council. “Welcome back Neven,” Mayor Dave Flattery said. “Glad to have you.” He replaces Mark ...
Another project has been added to the long list of work that has drivers navigating a maze of orange road cones throughout Fort Dodge. On Monday, the City Council awarded a contract for replacing a troublesome storm sewer along South Seventh Street that has caused two sinkholes in the last couple of years. Rasch Construction, of Fort Dodge, was awarded a $98,155 contract for the job. In a report to the council, City Engineer Austin Morrow wrote that in the spring of 2024 a sinkhole opened in Seventh Street between Fourth Avenue South and Meriwether Drive. The cause was traced to a ...
The annual Afro-Latino Festival at Iowa Central Community College will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Student Resource Center on the Fort Dodge campus. The public is invited. The festival is held to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. It highlights cultures, ...
STRATFORD — They are the unsung heroes of every community. Across rural Iowa, where small towns are like islands in a massive sea of corn and soybeans, where the roads stretch out long and hard from any hospital or emergency room, volunteer fire and rescue departments are a lifeline for ...
