A controversial project and chickens will be on the agenda for the Fort Dodge City Council tonight. The council’s efforts will begin at 5 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., with a workshop on a proposed major overhaul of North 15th Street between Second and 20th avenues ...

Fort Dodge city leaders say they listened to concerns voiced about the 15th Street project, made changes, and on Monday will present an updated draft of the project to the City Council. During the council’s workshop, the elected officials will hear from Snyder & Associates, the Fort ...

Al Cloud can tell you exactly how many ounces an ice cream treat weighed when it emerged from what was commonly called The Creamery in Fort Dodge. Cloud is well positioned to know those facts. He spent about 14 years there, helping to produce ice cream sandwiches, Eskimo Pies and other ...

MANSON — Time may be running out for the nonprofit Manson Hometown Grocery store. Without a big surge in sales or some other infusion of cash, the store will close in late summer or early fall, leaders of the store reported Wednesday evening during a public meeting. “If things went ...