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FD council begins leasing vehicles

After purchasing vehicles since it acquired the very first one decades ago, the Fort Dodge city government is beginning to lease some of the smaller ones it uses. In June, the City Council approved a preliminary measure with regard to vehicle leasing. On Monday, it approved a master equity lease agreement with Enterprise Fleet Management, which is related to the Enterprise car rental company. The council also moved to lease the first vehicle, a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado pickup to be used by the fire marshal. In a report to the council, Assistant City Manager Ryan Maehl outlined ...

St. Edmond marks first day

Fall semester underway at ICCC

‘The river is our friend’

As a group of about 25 volunteers gathered at Richardson Landing along the Des Moines River Saturday morning for the annual Webster County River Cleanup, Webster County Conservation Naturalist Karen Hansen gave part of the day’s orientation. It concerned how many garbage bags they might ...

A step back in time

HOMER — Jazmine Meeks, of Duncombe, was sitting in the seat of a restored 1950 John Deere A Saturday morning at the 25th West Central Region Cockshutt & CO-OP Club Threshing Bee with her little sister Jennie Phipps, of Wolf. Jennie got to pretend she was driving. Meeks got to experience ...

FD council to consider school-police partnership

The Fort Dodge City Council will consider an agreement that would keep a police officer assigned to local schools when it meets this evening. The council will also consider a plan that would extend city water service to 18 residences outside the corporate limits in return for agreements that would ease the annexation of those properties in the future. The council will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. At least one police officer, known as a school resource officer, has been assigned to the Fort Dodge Community School District since 2017. “This ...