Anyone interested in attending one of the nation’s military academies is invited to learn more about them during an event this week. The Military Academy Day will begin at 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the Greehey Family Student Success Center at Iowa Central Community College. Representatives of ...

A storm spotter class will be held beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Iowa Central Community College East Campus, 2031 Quail Ave. The class will be conducted by the National Weather Service and Webster County Emergency Management.

The ban on open burning in Webster County has been lifted, according to Webster County Emergency Management. However, open burning, other than small fires in fire pits or fire places, remains illegal in Fort Dodge.

Older bridges on two rural Webster County roads will be replaced with culverts under a project approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Peterson Contractors Inc., of Reinbeck, was hired to do the work. The company will be paid $331,133.25 to replace a bridge on Madison Avenue over ...

A maximum property tax rate of $20.96 per $1,000 of taxable value is being considered by the Fort Dodge City Council for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The council held a required public hearing on the proposed property tax rate Monday. The City Clerk’s Office received one written ...

Fort Dodge will hold a second archery hunt for deer from Sept. 21 to Jan. 10, 2025. The hunt will be conducted under strictly controlled conditions, mostly in wooded areas on the fringes of the community. The city’s first hunt from Sept. 16, 2023, to Jan. 10, resulted in 43 does being ...