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Elanco, Iowa Central team up

Three local men are on the path to careers in industrial maintenance thanks to a new apprenticeship program offered by Elanco, an animal health company, and Iowa Central Community College. Boyce Harris, Malaki Pettigrew and Jesus Gutierrez are the first participants in the Earn To Learn ...

Trail ride set for Saturday

Area bicyclists are invited to hit the trails Saturday for a special ride that will raise money for future trail improvements. The Prairie Rivers Trail Ride will offer a chance for bicyclists to pedal their way through up to 35 miles of Webster County trails. The ride will begin at 10 a.m. ...

Golfers will tee off to help crime victims

The 10th annual Tee’d Off Against Violence Golf Tournament will take place at the Fort Dodge Country Club starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The golf outing helps support the Homicide/Other Violent Crimes office, which is part of the Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center in Fort Dodge. This ...

City, county get additional $400,000 for riverfront

Fort Dodge and Webster County will be receiving an additional $408,900 from the state to help pay for improvements along the riverfront near downtown. The additional money will help to pay for a new parking lot to be built directly south of the large pavilion under construction along First ...

Supervisors approve translation, transcription for Dispatch

The Webster County Supervisors approved a software interface quote Tuesday that will allow dispatch to have calls from non-English speakers translated as well as calls transcribed in real-time. The quote from Zetron Critical Communications, from Redmond, Washington, was approved for ...

Tritt concert draws about 4,400

Jim Reed said he’s often asked if he has fun organizing the Shellabration and Fort Dodge Country Jam concerts. The president of Shellabration Inc. said he isn’t sure if fun is really the right word, but added that he finds it very rewarding to look back on the success of a just completed ...