ELLSWORTH — A body believed to be that of a missing Texas man was found in southern Hamilton County Friday afternoon. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office reported that searchers found what they believe to be the body of 31-year-old Marcus A. Taylor in a building on a rural acreage about ...
Fort Dodge residents who know their local history might think that Williams Drive is named after William Williams, the man who founded the city. Williams was the sutler, or civilian merchant, who was supplying the soldiers when Fort Dodge was a frontier Army post. After the Army pulled out ...
Back in 1953, two Fort Dodge men established Pederson-Sells Equipment Co. to sell hydraulic equipment to farmers and agribusinesses. On Thursday, FORCE America Inc., the modern version of that company, formally broke ground for a 32,000 square foot facility that will meet the needs of the ...
Police Logs FORT DODGE Wednesday A custody issue was reported in the 1400 block of 11th Avenue Southwest. A suspicious person was reported in the 900 block of Second Avenue South. A parking complaint was reported at Avenue B and M Street. A theft was reported in the 3700 block of ...
A staggering number of pet food cans found on American store shelves comes from a plant on the east side of Fort Dodge. The Silgan Containers facility at 3591 Maple Drive produces 1.5 billion cans a year. It also produces 4.9 billion ends for cans every year. The ends are basically the flat ...