The Fort Dodge Public Works Department compost site at the central garage, 3001 Eighth Ave. S., will open to city sanitation customers on Saturday. These are the guidelines for the compost site: Access is limited to city residents receiving garbage service. Securely cover yard waste in ...

A potential 14-cent increase in the property tax rate for the Fort Dodge city government received scant interest during a Monday evening public hearing. Just one person, Mike Raja, owner of the Days Inn at 3040 Fifth Ave. S., addressed the City Council during the hearing. He spoke against the ...

Local legislators still wrestling with potential property tax and eminent domain changes were asked during a Saturday forum to explain their position on funding for education. State Rep. Wendy Larson, R-Odebolt, said during Saturday’s Eggs and Issues forum that statewide the number of ...

A cigarette on a second-story deck ignited a Saturday afternoon fire that damaged a Fort Dodge home. No one was hurt in the fire at 1235 Fifth Ave. N., which was reported just before 3 p.m. According to Fire Chief Matt Price, a resident of the house reported that she had been smoking on ...

A blazing motorhome confronted Fort Dodge firefighters late Saturday night. At 11:53 p.m. a motorhome on fire was reported at 205 M St. When firefighters arrived, they found the vehicle engulfed in flames in the backyard of the home. A single hoseline was used to put it out. The fire was ...