A year since plans were announced, the Lotus Community Project’s homeless shelter for women is ready for its grand opening. The former rural church located south of Vincent will welcome visitors for tours from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, at 2980 170th Street, Vincent. “Isn’t this ...

WRIGHT COUNTY — A section of property located just south of the Prestage Foods of Iowa pork plant, is one step closer to being developed. Wright County closed on 80 acres of land near the intersection of Iowa Highway 17 and 320th Street Tuesday morning, Cindy Litwiller, Wright County ...

Webster County Conservation will be working with Fort Dodge as the city removes dams to keep the river banks in good shape. The county supervisors approved an agreement between the city and county at its regular meeting Tuesday. “We’ll be making sure that the city follows the ...

A plan to build what a developer touted as high end apartments on the east side of Fort Dodge was rejected by City Council members who were confronted Monday evening with a meeting room full of about 100 residents opposed to the project. The first reading of a rezoning needed for the ...

LAURENS — A Storm Lake man is in police custody after he allegedly threatened a woman with a gun in Laurens over the weekend. Trevor H. Namanny, 28, is charged in Laurens with third-degree burglary and aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon. The incident happened on Saturday. The ...

Elected officials in Fort Dodge would receive a raise under a plan that won the initial approval of the City Council on Monday. However, Mayor Matt Bemrich requested that the raise for the mayor be postponed until 2022 and threatened to veto the proposal if that wasn’t done. “I don’t ...

The Fort Dodge Regional Airport has a proposed budget that’s more than $600,000, but city taxpayers won’t be footing the entire bill. Rhonda Chambers, the airport’s director of aviation, told the City Council Monday that the facility will generate $360,836 in revenue to support ...

ALGONA — Jacob Tjaden recently returned to his home county to work for a city that, while he’s not originally from, he’s very familiar with. Tjaden, who is originally from Titonka, has been the community development director for Algona since mid-August. The position is actually a ...

Icy road conditions led to a fiery fatal accident on a county road just outside of Fort Dodge Saturday evening. Shelia Ross, 54, of Fort Dodge, was killed in the accident, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Two others, Laurie Mullen, 56, and Paul Ross, 63, also of Fort Dodge, were ...

What is important to you? I have the noble dream of leaving the world a better place: by honoring those that have stepped up when there was a need, thanking those that have extended a hand and helping those that may need assistance. I want my grandchildren to have opportunities that ...

ALGONA — The recent completion of the rebuilt Algona City Hall has been a positive for both city staff as well as the residents of the town. Algona City Hall reopened in October, nearly two years after the original building was demolished, and two decades after discussions first began ...

Armona Redenius, the director of the Sonshine Singers, has been reflecting upon a specific Bible verse a lot recently. That verse is from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes and it states: “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens.” That ...

Icy road conditions led to a fiery fatal accident on a county road just outside of Fort Dodge Saturday evening. Shelia Ross, 54, of Fort Dodge, was killed in the accident, according to the Iowa State Patrol. Two others, Laurie Mullen, 56, and Paul Ross, 63, also of Fort Dodge, were ...

One person was killed and two others were injured in a fiery crash south of Fort Dodge Saturday evening on Webster County Road P59, according to emergency personnel. The collision sent a sport utility vehicle into a ditch on the east side of the road, where it burst into flames. A column ...

Before she can begin debating bills and voting on them, state Rep.-elect Ann Meyer needed to learn the ins and outs of working in the state Capitol. So Meyer, a Republican from Fort Dodge, joined all the other newly elected lawmakers in Des Moines for the Legislature’s version of freshmen ...

A controversial apartment proposal, suggested raises for the elected officials and more budget discussions await the Fort Dodge City Council on Monday. The council will meet in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. First on the agenda is a budget workshop to begin at 5 p.m. The proposed ...

Parents in the Fort Dodge community in need of child care services now have another option available to them. Community Christian School, 2406 9 1/2 Ave S., recently announced the opening of its new day care center — Little Crusaders Daycare. The day care opened Jan. 7. It serves ...

ROWAN — A Rowan man who admitted to the promotion, dissemination, and possession of child pornography has been sentenced to prison, according to the Wright County Sheriff’s Department. Timothy Roberts, 49, entered a guilty plea on Nov. 9, 2018, to five counts of sexual exploitation of ...