Downtowns are a place where people generally like to feel enclosed, according to Tim Reinders, design specialist for Main Street Iowa. Reinders was on hand for an architecture walk Wednesday night that included a tour of the historic Snell Building and a stroll down Central Avenue. Fort ...

GOWRIE — Two people were taken to UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center after being injured in a two-vehicle accident on Iowa Highway 175 Wednesday afternoon. The accident, which was reported around 2 p.m., happened at the intersection of Highway 175 and Baxter ...

POCAHONTAS — The skies have been loud over Pocahontas this week. Aaron McCartan, of Algona, and his team of aerobatic pilots have been putting in a full four days of training before they fly off to the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, today. McCartan’s ...

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt City Council on Monday authorized Mayor Dan Scholl to sign an agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation dealing with improvements to the municipal airport. The agreement is the acceptance of a grant from the DOT to pay for 80 percent of the improvements to ...

DAKOTA CITY — The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors agreed to help the Iowa Department of Natural Resources restrict vehicle access to a state-owned wetland east of Livermore, it was announced Monday. Last week, DNR representatives brought concerns to the supervisors about ATV damage to ...

DAKOTA CITY - One man was treated for burns and an estimated $100,000 worth of classic cars were lost after a garage caught fire in Dakota City Thursday night, according to Jim Gronbach, Humboldt volunteer fire chief. The fire was reported at 5:23 p.m. The Humboldt Volunteer Fire Department ...

When Caden Waychoff, 12, of Fort Dodge, heard there was going to be a bike ride at Oleson Park Tuesday night, he had to check it out for himself. An adult bike ride and bike maintenance station were two activities offered during the Prairie Rivers Trail expansion and the Oleson Park Master ...

Levi Gibbs III, the man accused of shooting and killing another man in Fort Dodge earlier this month, has been ordered held on $1 million cash-only bond. Gibbs, 27, of Fort Dodge, made his initial appearance in Webster County Magistrate Court Tuesday morning. He is accused of shooting ...

Webster County Supervisor Keith Dencklau has an idea to deal with the approval process for animal confinement sites. “Let’s let the state legislators do the reviews on the master matrix instead of us,” Dencklau said Tuesday. “Instead of the county supervisors having to do these ...

With Fort Dodge back in the Main Street Iowa program, an executive director is needed to run the initiative locally. Seven people have applied for the post, the city’s Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District Board learned Tuesday. That board has expanded its responsibilities to ...

The inmates at the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility gave back Tuesday by participating in the prison’s annual Insiders’ Relay for Life. The ninth annual relay was held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the prison’s yard. Inmates raised money for cancer research by walking ...

“We’re on to something big with this country thing.” That’s what Shellabration Inc. President Jim Reed said about the inaugural Downtown Country Jam, which will be held Saturday evening in Fort Dodge. LOCASH will be the headliner at the event in downtown Fort Dodge between the ...

Main Street Iowa uses a four-point approach to help downtowns throughout Iowa thrive, a group of state officials explained Tuesday in Fort Dodge, which is one of the newest Main Street communities. The Main Street approach, they said, focuses on design, organization, promotion and economic ...

Recent controversies such as protests and counterprotests that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, during the summer sparked David Drissel, a professor at Iowa Central Community College, to focus on freedom of speech during a presentation to students Monday afternoon. “I feel the ...

Tips apparently led authorities to a man wanted in Fort Dodge on a first-degree murder warrant. Fort Dodge Police Capt. Ryan Gruenberg said the department received information from “many individuals” on the whereabouts of Levi Gibbs III. Gibbs, 27, of Fort Dodge, was arrested Monday ...

Zoning changes that would allow the construction of duplexes and apartments on the Theiss farm property in Fort Dodge were advanced by the City Council Monday. Councilman Jeff Halter cast the sole dissenting vote on both zoning changes, saying that they were contrary to a new comprehensive ...

An event to celebrate the progress of the the Prairie Rivers Trail expansion and the Oleson Park Master Plan is being held at Oleson Park tonight. The celebration is open to the public. Ryan Maehl, assistant recreation director of Fort Dodge Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, said it’s an ...

A new storage facility and document shredding business will be built on the site of the old Sertoma field in Fort Dodge. The City Council on Monday cleared the way for that development by selling the east half of the property at 29th Street and Eighth Avenue South to Aust Inc., of West Des ...

Levi Gibbs III, who is accused of killing a man in Fort Dodge earlier this month, has been ordered held on $1 million cash bond. Gibbs, 27, of Fort Dodge, made his initial appearance in Webster County Magistrate Court Tuesday morning. He is accused of shooting and killing Shane Wessels, ...