Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series examining the proposed franchise fees. For a decade or more, the Fort Dodge Police Department has had an authorized strength of 40 officers. Those officers respond to about 31,000 calls for help every year. About 4 percent of those ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series examining the proposed franchise fees. Fort Dodge voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide if their city government should be allowed to impose franchise fees that would raise about $1.8 million a year to be used to pay for ...

Fort Dodge firefighters are battling a fire at the former Fair Oaks Middle School — again. A structure fire was reported shortly before 11 p.m. Monday at the building at 415 S. 10th St. Arriving on scene, firefighters found the third floor engulfed in flames. Heavy fire could also be seen ...

It’s the belief of Charles Clayton that every child should have at least one gift under the tree at Christmastime. That’s why Clayton, executive director of Athletics for Education and Success, has continued a program called AFES Community Christmas. AFES Community Christmas took the ...

For the 17th year, Iowa Central Community College will hold the Share What You Wear event to benefit the community on Dec. 4. Share What You Wear is an annual clothing event sponsored by the college to help those in the community who may not be able to afford necessities. All types of ...

A few weeks ago, fourth grader Gretta Pratt wrote a letter to her Duncombe Elementary School Principal Ryan Flaherty asking if she and the rest of Sarah Amhof’s fourth graders could once again have a nutrition class. Until now, the nutrition classes ended after third grade. In Pratt’s ...