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Remembering Joan

Remembering Joan

Rochelle Green, co-organizer of the annual Prairie Trails Ride, welcomed everyone gathered at Salty Suz in downtown Fort Dodge Saturday morning with a reminder of a person many of them knew and loved — Joan…

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Dodger girls back in action on the court

DES MOINES - The Fort Dodge girls tennis team closed out the first week of the season here Thursday with a pair of duals. The Dodgers fell to Ottumwa, 9-2, and Des Moines Lincoln, 11-2. In the matchup with Ottumwa, two doubles teams for Fort Dodge earned wins. Paisley Smith and Evie Piton secured…

Editorial

Elanco, Iowa Central launch innovative apprenticeship program

Every industrial facility needs people to keep all of the different systems running so that the site can fulfill its mission of making products that are wanted and needed. But in this region it can be hard to find the people with the skills to perform those maintenance mechanic jobs. The obvious answer is…

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Lifestyle Briefs

‘Come From Away’ auditions will be held Aug. 25-26

Auditions for this fall’s production of “Come From Away” will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 and 26 at Phillips Historic Auditorium, 1015 Fifth Ave. N. See the details on our Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1506320377247431. Audition materials are now available on our website at www.comediamusica.com/auditioninfo.

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Lane reduction set for Fifth Avenue South bridge

The bridge in the 3300 block of Fifth Avenue South near Fort Dodge Memorial Park Cemetery will be reduced to one lane of traffic in each direction beginning Monday, according to an announcement from the Fort Dodge City Engineer’s Office. Large vehicles will have to detour onto First Avenue South via 32nd and 42nd…

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