Fort Dodge Women’s Connection invites all area women to a brunch at 9:30 a.m. April 9 at Tea Thyme, 2021 Sixth Ave. S. Tickets are $15 inclusive. The special feature will be Melanie Fierke from the Lord’s Cupboard. The speaker will be Karen Anderson from Minnetonka, Minnesota. Her talk is entitled “From Darkness to the Light.” Reservations are essential and can be made by calling Kathy Meinders at 515-408-7981. Deadline is April 7.
Paragon Avenue/Webster County Road P59 between 120th and 170th streets will be closed beginning Tuesday and will remain closed through mid-August, according to the Webster County Road Department. The road’s intersections with 140th and 150th streets will also be closed. Detours will be posted. The road closure is necessary to accommodate the construction of a new trail along Paragon Avenue.
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 the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut; Military Academy, West Point, New York; Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York; and Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; will be present. The Military Academy Day was organized by U.S. Rep. ...
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 Buttrick Creek. It will be paid $194,764.75 to replace a bridge on Itaska Avenue, at the far north end of the county, that crosses Deer Creek. County Engineer Jamie Johll said both bridges will be replaced with reinforced box culverts.