A crash on Iowa Highway 4 in Calhoun County this morning involved a charter bus with college students aboard, according to Trooper Paul Gardner of the Iowa State Patrol. He said there were 33 people on the bus. He said the crash occurred on Iowa Highway 4 on what area residents may know as ...

One person has died as a result of the bus crash this morning in Calhoun County, according to Trooper Paul Gardner of the Iowa State Patrol There were 33 people on the bus. At least 12 were injured. The crash happened on Iowa Highway 4 near Twin Lakes.

UnityPoint Health is treating 12 people injured in the morning bus crash in Calhoun County. Two of those patients were taken to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. according to a statement from UnityPoint Health. Ten of those patients were taken to Trinity Regional Medical Center ...

The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday unanimously approved an agreement that lays the groundwork for getting money from the new property tax for emergency medical service. “This is kind of the baseline agreement,” City Manager David Fierke said. “We do have another agreement coming ...

Fort Dodge officials continue to work on eliminating a projected $480,000 deficit in the proposed budget for 2026-2027. That deficit is in the general fund, which pays for police and fire protection, recreation, parks, the Fort Dodge Public Library, the Blanden Memorial Art Museum and ...

The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday approved some new pay incentives for officers working in the chronically understaffed Police Department. At full strength, the department is to have 40 officers. But in the last few years, it has rarely had that many. To boost the morale of the officers ...