A former floral shop in Fort Dodge is now being renovated to bring a new childcare option to the community. Construction crews are busy turning the old Becker Florist location at 407 Kenyon Road into the Sprouts Early Education and Development School. The center will likely open this ...

The Fort Dodge Police Department has taken a pledge to keep tobacco, alternative nicotine and vapor products out of the hands of underage people. Known as I-PLEDGE, the program is a partnership with the Iowa Department of Revenue to educate local retailers and to enforce the state’s ...

When approaching the main entrance of UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center it is impossible to miss the fencing, the orange barricades, and the boom of a huge crane reaching into the sky. All of that is around a new state of the art surgical center that is steadily taking ...

Jill Nelson, a veteran leader of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, has been named vice president of strategic initiatives at Iowa Central Community College. The appointment was announced Thursday afternoon by the Growth Alliance and the college. Nelson most recently served as vice ...

An effort by former Fort Dodge Mayor Matt Bemrich to prevent video evidence from his October drunk driving arrest from being released to the public was rejected by a judge. District Associate Judge Joseph L. Tofilon denied the request on the grounds that Bemrich filed the wrong kind of ...