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FD school board OKs $6.4 million amendment

By KADIN LUHMANN The Fort Dodge Community School District Board unanimously approved a $6.4 million amendment to its construction agreement with Jensen Builders Ltd. for additional renovations at Fort Dodge Senior High Monday. Zach Thompson, ISG Architects of Des Moines project manager for the high school, said Jensen Builders Ltd., of Fort Dodge, is working under a budget just shy of $6 million. “We went through some pretty heavy value engineering from the starting of a storm shelter to having a walking track that brings it all the way down to where we're at now,” Thompson ...

Baby blues

By HANS MADSEN ALGONA — There really aren’t that many building projects, home-grown root vegetables or animals that can’t be entered in one of the classes at the Kossuth County Fair. This year, babies were added to that list. Caroline Van Dine, of Wesley, entered her daughter ...

Preserving Iowa’s heritage

By Kadin Luhmann The history of Iowa barns and the restoration of old barns was presented Saturday at the Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery Center. More than a dozen people gathered to learn some “Barnology 101” as part of Webster County Conservation’s monthly “Coffee and ...

Dayton landmark gets a second act

By Kelli Bloomquist DAYTON — A downtown building that has sat empty for years is headed for restoration after its owner secured a Community Catalyst grant to help rehabilitate the historic opera house at 39 S. Main St. The building, known to most of Dayton as the former Iron Saddle, has ...

FD teen stabbed Saturday night

By Kelli Bloomquist A Bayard man is behind bars after he allegedly stabbed a Fort Dodge teenager Saturday night. David J. Richman, 45, is charged with assault causing serious injury after officers say he stabbed Dawson D. Skoland Rattray, 18, outside the Star Convenience Store, 1601 Fifth Ave. S., around 10:55 p.m. Saturday. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, officers found Skoland Rattray suffering from a laceration to his right arm. Witnesses on scene stated that Richman fled the scene. Skoland Rattray was transported by ambulance and later airlifted to Iowa ...