OTHO — Not everyone attending the 23rd annual Otho Fireman’s Ball Saturday night at the Webster County Fairgrounds could tell you what they were doing in February of 1981. For Otho Fire-Rescue Fire Chief Marty Smith, the answer was that he joined the Otho Fire Department then and ...
The Fort Dodge City Council will act on the nearly $115 million budget for the next fiscal year when it meets tonight. The council will also consider cracking down on the 4th Street Depot, a bar that has generated lots of police calls and complaints from neighbors by issuing a formal warning that could provide the basis for asking the courts to put limits on the business. The council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. The proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 totals $114,567,940. That is about the same as the current year’s ...
WEBSTER CITY — The ribbon cutting for the Rock River Resort south of Webster City was more than a celebration of a new start for a beautiful property. It marked a journey Connie Ingraham didn’t know she was going to make. Today the Rock River Retreat has a dorm with 20 beds, a ...
When it came time to establish themselves as new business owners on the block, there was no place like home for the Daniel triplets of Fort Dodge. Sam, Thomas and James Daniel are climbing the ladder – both literally and figuratively — with their new business, Daniel Gutters and ...
Farmers are used to a lot of uncertainty. Will the rains come at the right time, the right amount, or will they not come at all? Will the sun burn up the crops in July? Will thunderheads drop hail in August? But farmers are used to worrying about the weather. There’s a whole new world ...
