BARNUM — “The Twelve Days of Christmas” will be a daily reality for 414 Manson Northwest Webster elementary students over Christmas break this year. But instead of “two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree,” they’ll be getting something a bit more practical — 12 days ...

A jumbo-sized version of the picnic pavilions found in many parks will be constructed along the riverfront in downtown Fort Dodge. The large shelter, capable of seating 200 people, will be located at the west end of Central Avenue just south of the Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery ...

Fort Dodge residents may have to pay an additional 75 cents a month to have their trash and recyclables picked up. The monthly fee for that service has been $16.25 a month since 2014. An increase to $17 per month is possible July 1. “We’re a pretty economical garbage company,” City ...

Matt Bemrich has been a steady presence in the Fort Dodge City Council meeting room for 20 years. He served four years as an at-large council member. Then he served an unprecedented 16 years as mayor. He decided not to run again this year. His long tenure as mayor surpassed that of ...

Leaders of The Salvation Army in Fort Dodge are hoping that people will be very generous when they see one of the iconic red kettles in the next couple of days. A $60,000 goal was set for this year’s local kettle campaign. As of Monday, the effort was still $17,000 short of that goal, ...

The Fort Dodge Community School District board’s final meeting of 2025 focused on moving forward with items related to the recently approved $42 million high school building bond issue. “We’re already working on initial design elements for some sections of the overall process,” ...