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Intermodal hub would offer transportation options downtown

A parking ramp with additional transportation features called an intermodal hub may someday link a rejuvenated Warden Plaza and a new cultural and wellness center in downtown Fort Dodge. City officials will learn this summer if a $5.9 million federal grant will be awarded to help pay for ...

In the air

For the first time in several years, there will be no major construction going on at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport. The last major project, which is the reconstruction of the air carrier apron, has mostly wrapped up and there are only a few items that need to be taken care of, according ...

On your feet

Dr. Mark Hartman, of Midwest Foot and Ankle Center, has seen injuries ranging from a fractured ankle to a black powder burn, and even someone who was gored by a bull. And in one instance, Hartman helped to treat all three of those injuries in the same weekend. That’s because a ...

Gowrie teen is a welcome helping hand

GOWRIE — Ben Carlson is much like your typical farm kid, helping out where and when he can around his family farm. The 18-year-old Carlson, a senior at Southeast Valley High School, is a member of the Central Plains FFA chapter, which has allowed him to take his experiences gained on ...

Anything 2 Go

Feeling hungry, but are too busy working to pick up your meal? Need to pick up groceries, but you don’t have anyone to watch the kids? Stuck at home, but your favorite restaurant doesn’t deliver? A new delivery service in Fort Dodge aims to alleviate those issues. Anything 2 Go ...

Farm News is taking its show on the road

EMMETSBURG — Farm News is hosting its first Iowa Lakes Community College (Emmetsburg) Farm News Ag Show from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 12 at the Iowa Lakes Community College Emmetsburg Campus, 3200 College Drive, Emmetsburg. The main show sponsor of this event is Poet Biorefining, of Emmetsburg. Approximately 6,900 square feet of indoor exhibitor space and nearly six acres of outside exhibit space will host more than 70 exhibitors from Iowa and surrounding states. These exhibitors will showcase their latest state-of-the-art technology in grain products, ag equipment, ag services, ...