The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday hired an engineering firm to design a bridge project on Fifth Avenue South. The small bridge is near the eastern end of Memorial Park Cemetery. The planned work includes replacing the bridge deck that vehicles drive on, plus repairing the curbs, joints ...

Neither gale-force winds nor soggy footing prevented more than 40 volunteers from taking part in the annual FOD Walk, sponsored by the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, on Monday afternoon. With winds topping 30 miles per hour and the ground somewhat mushy from recent rains, getting ...

A roughly $117 million budget for the next fiscal year was unanimously approved by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. City Manager David Fierke gave the elected officials an overview of the spending plan during a workshop that preceded the council’s business meeting Monday. There was no ...

North Lawn Cemetery on North 15th Street will now be owned and operated by the city of Fort Dodge. The cemetery’s previous owners, Dennis and Kim Bridges, of Knoxville, Tennessee, reached an agreement to donate the 54-acre cemetery, its equipment and its trust funds to the city. The City ...

The father of a slain Fort Dodge man faces criminal charges for rushing toward his son’s killer, setting off a short courtroom melee during an April 15 sentencing hearing. Edward E. Brown, 55, of 917 11th Ave. S.W., was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with first ...

Drug charges have been filed against a Fort Dodge woman who is already in jail for an incident that injured two police officers and damaged a patrol vehicle. The new charges against Jonetta R. Clark, 40, of 1229 Sixth Ave. N., stem from the same April 17 incident. It occurred at 12:40 a.m. ...