Joe McDonald found a lump in the left side of his neck about a year ago. It was more significant than a little bump. “It just kept growing,” the 67-year-old Fort Dodge man said. “It got bigger fast.” That lump turned out to be cancer. Its discovery put him on a 30-week long ...

For decades, Iowans have been able to turn to their local newspapers to find publications of things like City Council minutes and listings of municipal employee wages. Separate from the news stories, these published items are known as public notices or sometimes, legal ads. State law has long ...

Two artists from Webster County received awards for their work during a show last weekend. Delayne Segar, of Fort Dodge, received first, second and third prizes in the Regional Art Show. Marcia Anderson, of Harcourt, won a third-place award. Central Iowa members of IowaArtists.org met ...

DAYTON — At first light later this week, the former rectory that once housed nuns and Catholic clergy in Dayton will begin a new journey. The now vacant home was lifted onto a trailer Monday and will soon be moved 6.5 miles southeast to Hidden Acres Christian Center, where it will again ...

A three-block section of Third Avenue Northwest will get an overhaul this year. The City Council on Monday awarded a contract for the complete reconstruction of that road between Seventh and 10th streets northwest. Rasch Construction, of Fort Dodge, was hired to do the job at a cost of ...

Fort Dodge will continue to have someone available to respond to complaints about loose dogs and other animal problems, despite a pending lapse in the previous contract for those services. On Monday the council unanimously approved an interim agreement with Webster County Animal ...