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Annual Fort Dodge Pride Festival returns to Central Avenue

By David Drissel The fifth annual Fort Dodge Pride Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on Central Avenue between 10th and 12th Streets in downtown Fort Dodge. This is the first time the event has occurred on Central Avenue since the inaugural Pride Festival of 2021. ...

Walking women through their journey

Being pregnant can be both an exciting and scary time for a new mother. Soon, women in the Fort Dodge area will have another option when seeking medical care and support during pregnancy. Obria Medical Clinics of Iowa is opening a clinic at 3 N. 17th St., leasing a space in a building ...

Anticipation aids in planning for disasters

Natural disasters like tornadoes and floods cannot be avoided. Chemical spills, explosions, train accidents cannot be avoided. But we can plan for the unavoidable, and that was the purpose of a meeting held Thursday evening at Iowa Central Community College’s East Campus. Webster County ...