The busy intersection of Second Avenue North and 15th Street will be closed at the end of this month for a massive overhaul. The intersection is expected to remain closed until about Thanksgiving. The City Council on Monday hired Castor Construction, of Fort Dodge, to do the work at a ...

Two appointments to the new Webster County Public Safety Authority were approved by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. The council appointed Ryan Gruenberg as the city’s representative. He is a former Fort Dodge Police Department captain who is the vice president of operations at Iowa ...

One was badly wounded in Afghanistan. Another was shot in a Viet Cong ambush 56 years ago. A third stood watch at a frigid missile base in Alaska. Yet another held multiple roles mentoring upcoming officers and cadets. All are local veterans who served their country in diverse ways. And ...

The Fort Dodge City Council is expected to address two major issues when it meets tonight: an intersection job and the entity that may build a new Law Enforcement Center. The council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. The intersection to be addressed is Second ...

When he was growing up, Scott Richard repeatedly saw the ways that paramedics can quickly make a vital difference for someone who is critically ill. Richard, who is the Webster County emergency medical service coordinator, recalled that his mother, who was an insulin dependent diabetic, ...

Thomas O. Chelesvig first took office as a member of the Iowa Central Community College Board of Trustees in 1981. He is still a trustee helping to guide the college 45 years later. His remarkable tenure was recognized recently by Community Colleges for Iowa. The Webster City man was ...