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‘It’s going to be a long weekend’

Mother Nature is sending an early storm Iowa’s way with Webster County and surrounding counties forecast to receive anywhere from 10 to 17 inches of heavy wet snow. “We’re scheduled and ready to roll,” said City of Fort Dodge Public Works Director Brett Daniel of the city’s snow ...

FD couple win lawsuit with Mayo Clinic

A Fort Dodge couple has been awarded about $19.8 million in a malpractice lawsuit filed against the renowned Mayo Clinic and one of its surgeons. A jury in Minnesota’s Third Judicial District approved the award to Daniel and Linette Nelson. The lawsuit was filed over a June 2018 ...

Scale it up

Getting the traditional Thanksgiving dinner ready at home — whether it’s for four or a house bursting crowd of relatives ready to argue politics — is lot of work. Scaling that up to feed thousands during the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota — ...

Bridge to the future

WEBSTER CITY — A lot of thankfulness was expressed during the Hamilton County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. In fact, Supervisor Chairman Rick Young heaped praise on Hamilton County Engineer Ryan Weidemann, who has worked relentlessly to move the Williams Overpass project ...