Local media company Beachlight Productions and The Better Way Project announce the inaugural Fort Dodge Summerfest, a two-day community event to be held in downtown Fort Dodge May 29-30. Fort Dodge Summerfest will include a series of live music performances, a full carnival presented by Scott ...

The Fort Dodge Regional Airport will receive some updates paid for in part by a federal grant announced Friday afternoon. The airport will receive $1 million to support terminal modernization, according to an announcement from U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican. According to ...

Fort Dodge became a community in 1854. That’s when William Williams, who had been the civilian merchant for the Army post named Fort Dodge, laid out the town. The Army had abandoned the post in the summer of 1853, sending its soldiers north to Fort Ridgeley in Minnesota. Williams ...

A total of 37 men have served as mayor of Fort Dodge since William Williams was the first person elected to the post in 1869. The longest serving mayor was Matt Bemrich, who served 16 years from 2010 to 2025. Albert Habhab served as mayor for 14 years from 1960 to 1974. At the opposite ...

Editor’s note: With new settlements being established in the Northwest Territory, leaders of the still young United States tackled another issue — how to link cities in the east with new opportunities in the west. This happened through an act of Congress creating what came to be known as ...