McCubbin pulls through in Ward 3
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Todd McCubbin has won the Ward 3 race for Fort Dodge City Council. See complete election results in Wednesday's Messenger.
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Voters to decide city, school elections
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Fort Dodge voters will see a full ballot in Tuesday’s general election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. A list of polling places is in today’s edition of The Messenger. City voters will pick a mayor and six of the seven City Council members. Councilman Dave Flattery is ...
Moehnke, Davis win at-large seats
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Terry Moehnke and Scott Davis have won at-large seats for the Fort Dodge City Council. Complete results will be in Wednesday's Messenger.
Badger firefighters get multipurpose rig
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BADGER — The volunteer fire department in Badger has received a new truck capable of handling three key missions in one compact rig. The truck can extinguish grass and field fires with a remote control nozzle mounted on its front. It carries medical gear so that the firefighters can ...
McNeeley: ‘I am ashamed of the choices I made’
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A Fort Dodge woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in helping to move the body of Dennis Jones after his son murdered him in 2024. Makayla McNeeley was sentenced Monday in Webster County District Court. “There is no excuse for my behavior,” McNeeley said in a letter to ...
FD man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexual abuse
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A Fort Dodge man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a child over the course of a year. According to court records, Joshua Jacobsma, 45, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for each of two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree, a class B felony, in Webster ...