A Fort Dodge man charged with making threats of terrorism has agreed to a plea agreement and a lesser charge. According to court documents, last week 27-year-old Daniel Paivarinta pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a non-forcible felony. Paivarinta was charged last May after the ...

OTHO — Fire departments from throughout the area responded to a mid-morning Tuesday fire near Franks Auto Salvage, 2289 Gypsum Hollow Road. According to Otho Fire Chief Marty Smith, his department received the call around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for a fire that was spreading quickly and was ...

By KELLI BLOOMQUIST WEBSTER CITY — More than 600 students from three area counties - Hamilton, Humboldt, and Webster - converged on the Hamilton County Fairgrounds recently to learn about Iowa agriculture. Iowa State University Extension and Outreach welcomed fifth grade students from ...

A local congregation hoping to add onto its church building received a key approval on Tuesday. The Fort Dodge Board of Adjustment granted a special exception allowing the construction of a 3,469 square foot addition to the Prairie Lakes Church building at 200 Ave. O. The addition will ...

People traveling on First Avenue South in Fort Dodge may notice some construction activity on the east side of the Albert Habhab Veterans Memorial Bridge. That work isn’t another city infrastructure project. It is the first phase of a plaza that will be the capstone project in the ...

A man has been charged with drunk driving and other traffic offenses after the pickup he was driving went off Kenyon Road and hit a railroad car. The crash happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday, according to Police Chief Dennis Quinn. He said the pickup failed to round the curve on Kenyon Road ...