Main Street Fort Dodge has decided to postpone their Farm to Fork event which was to be held tomorrow, Saturday August 28. According to a post of the Main Street Fort Dodge Facebook page, “Due to rising health concerns for public gatherings, our Board of Directors and Sponsor decided to ...

Jeff Hart, owner of Harty’s Caddy Shack, 1101 Central Ave., has faced more than his share of adversity over the course of the past two years. Hart, a 1979 Fort Dodge Senior High graduate, nearly died on the operating table about two years ago. “My intestines froze up and I ...

DUNCOMBE — About five years ago, hundreds of bicyclists flooded Stumpy’s Bar and Grill during RAGBRAI, an annual bicycle ride across Iowa. “It was crazy,” recalled Bruce “Stumpy” Wagner, owner of the establishment. “We had breakfast burritos and breakfast sandwiches. When ...

2020 saw the closing of multiple businesses in the Fort Dodge area. But 2020 was also a year of new beginnings for other businesses. Meanwhile, other businesses announced major expansions. Here are some of the highlights: Schuur becomes co-owner at Coldwell Banker In January, Keenan ...

Dan Dix, general manager of NEW Cooperative, admittedly wasn’t sure what the name of the little town off in the distance was when he eyed an existing Morton shed along Iowa Highway 4 as the place from which to stake a claim on the local anhydrous ammonia market. The town was Cooper (pop. ...

HUMBOLDT — When Shawn Sturtz returned to school after Christmas break in 1983, he was thrilled to tell his friends what Santa brought him. It wasn’t the latest gadget or gizmo, though. In fact, it wasn’t really a toy at all. Rather, it was a place. His parents, Roger and Jackie ...