×

Local News

Showing off the hometown

The Fort Dodge community is in need of housing for its growing workforce and Kading Properties is always on the lookout for new places to build. Representatives of the community and the company came together Monday for what was called a Hometown Tour. Its purpose was to give ...

Calhoun County revises siren warning policy

ROCKWELL CITY — The Calhoun County Emergency Management Commission announced Monday that the county is revising its outdoor warning siren policy. According to Calhoun County Emergency Management Coordinator Richard Hall, the changes were made following feedback from Calhoun County ...

Letter writers wanted

A letter-writing initiative offers a chance to connect some older residents with some fifth-graders during the upcoming school year, and perhaps even beyond that. Central Iowa RSVP conducts the pen pal program every year. “It’s just a longstanding program that provides benefits to the ...

Newsome makes another run for City Council

Eugene Newsome is again trying to win a seat on the Fort Dodge City Council. He filed nominating petitions on Monday to run for one of the two at-large seats on the council that will be filled in the Nov. 4 general election. Newsome did not return a phone call Monday seeking comment on his ...

‘We didn’t forget’

On Aug. 15, 1945, the United States’ ongoing war with Imperial Japan officially ended. The war in Europe had ended a few months before. There was a mass celebration. In New York’s Times Square, Alfred Eisenstaedt took his iconic image of a sailor kissing a nurse that would grace the ...