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Raises approved for Webster County officials

Some of Webster County’s elected officials will be getting 2 percent raises on July 1. The county supervisors, however, will not be among them. The Board of Supervisors approved the raises for the sheriff, county attorney, auditor, recorder and treasurer Tuesday morning. There was no ...

Big paving job set in Webster County

The Kalo Hill and a road leading to Dolliver Memorial State Park will be repaved this year. The Webster County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday hired Fort Dodge Asphalt Co. to do the work at a cost of $2,834,030.20. These roads will be repaved: • Webster County Road P59 between Riverside ...

County considers new variance process

Property owners in rural Webster County with projects that fall outside of certain zoning rules by just a short distance may get a new way to obtain a variance. The planning and zoning administrator would be empowered to grant such variances under a measure the county Board of Supervisors ...

Still Skywest

United Express flights operated by Skywest Airlines will continue serving Fort Dodge Regional Airport for the next three years. A newly approved federal Essential Air Service contract is making that possible. That contract goes into effect April 1 and runs through March 31, 2027. “We ...

Fifth Avenue South work ready to go

Traveling down Fifth Avenue South may become a smoother and more efficient trip as a result of two contracts awarded by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. Those contracts will result in concrete patching and upgrades to the traffic signals. Castor Construction, of Fort Dodge, was hired to ...