When the 28th edition of the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight takes off on May 26, a woman who hid her military service from her family will be one of the honored guests aboard. Vicki O’Tool will be aboard the plane with her husband, fellow Navy veteran Larry O’Tool. The couple from ...
There were a lot of people laying around in a grassy area at Fort Dodge Regional Airport Tuesday morning and they didn’t look good. One young woman appeared to be missing part of a leg. Others were covered in horrible-looking gashes, with blood everywhere. But those wounds were all ...
A gap between two buildings in the 700 block of Central Avenue would become a pocket park under a plan advanced by the City Council Monday. Right now, the space is a big patch of grass next to the building that once housed McGregor’s Furniture. Part of that space was once an alley ...
Several dates in relation to the end of the 2025-26 academic year highlighted discussion at Monday’s meeting of the Fort Dodge Community School District board. Superintendent Josh Porter shared information on high school graduation and the last day of school for students and staff during his report. “There is a lot going on, but it is all very exciting,” he said. “Graduation is Saturday, May 23, at Dodger Stadium beginning at 7:30 p.m., while the last day of school for students is May 28 and for staff is June 1. “There is also plenty happening beyond that,” he added. ...
GOWRIE — Two Colo residents were seriously injured Sunday when their car collided with a Union Pacific Railroad train in Gowrie. Mary Harrison, 62, was airlifted to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, according to the Iowa State Patrol. She was picked up by a LifeFlight ...
Fort Dodge firefighters and paramedics will continue to respond to help people get back up after a fall, but in some cases there will now be a fee for that service. The City Council on Monday approved a fee schedule — one for nursing facilities and one for private individuals — to be charged when the Fire Department responds to what is called a lift assist. Terry Evans, the emergency medical service supervisor for the Fire Department, said a lift assist happens when a person falls from the standing or seated position, is not injured, but cannot get up by themselves. He told the ...
