Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in Webster County will be hosting a ServSafe food safety certification class in Fort Dodge on May 25. Holly VanHeel, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach human sciences specialist, Food and Health, will be teaching the class. VanHeel has ...

Traffic restrictions will be in place at two intersections along 10th Avenue North, according to the Fort Dodge city engineering staff. There will be lane closures at 10th Avenue North and 24th Street and 10th Avenue North and 29th Street. These closures will begin today and will be in place ...

The Webster County Treasurer’s Office in the Courthouse will be closed Wednesday. It will reopen Thursday in the county office building at 723 First Ave. S. The office is being relocated to prepare for the complete replacement of the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system in the ...

An overheated electrical motor smoked up part of a building at Iowa Central Community College Wednesday evening. The problem at the REC Center was reported at 6:50 p.m. “There was a decent amount of smoke,” Fire Department Capt. Steve Teske said. “They heeded the fire alarm and ...

CLARION — Angela Anderson, of Wright County, was appointed by Gov. Kim Reynolds to the Early Childhood Iowa Board. Early Childhood Iowa is a statewide initiative that joins public and private entities to support children from birth to age 5.

An agreement with the Fort Dodge Secretary/Clerical Education Association for the 2023-24 school year was ratified by the Board of Education on Monday. Under the new agreement, the base wage for district employees in secretarial or clerical roles will be $15.48 per hour, a 48-cent increase ...