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Go and Do: Sept. 19, 2025

Around the area SAC CITY — The Sac County Quilt-A-Fair is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. TODAY and SATURDAY at the Sac County Fairgrounds, 416 Park Ave., Sac City. There will be quilt vendors, demonstrations, bits and pieces sale, special drawing, self-guides barn quilt tour, food services available and ...

‘It’s a nightmare’

Storm cleanup continued throughout the day Wednesday as residents and Fort Dodge public works crews picked up tree limbs, cleared storm intakes, and even repaired a washed out road following flash flooding Tuesday evening. According to the National Weather Service, Fort Dodge received 2.36 ...

New book makes local connection

Fort Dodge has always been a special place for Louise Lex. “I’m not a native, but I spent a lot of my time here,” the 95-year-old resident of Ames said Wednesday. Her family has a Fort Dodge connection dating back to the 1860s. She went to school in the city for a couple of years and ...