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Anti-scam session set for Saturday

Area residents will learn how to protect themselves from the growing ranks of scammers during a Saturday morning session. It is called the Community Fraud and Cyber Security Training. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Fort Dodge Public Library by the City Square. Mike Larson, market president of First Interstate Bank, and Detective Alex Winninger of the Webster County Sheriff’s Office, will conduct the training. The session is intended to teach people how to: • Spot scams • Protect their personal information and online accounts • Stay safe online The ...

Go and Do: Sept, 18, 2026

In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Event by Lotus Community Project Inc. and The Fort Museum and Frontier Village will host the Lotus Soiree from 5 to 11 p.m. SATURDAY at the Fort Museum, 1 Museum Road. This semi-formal event will be held in the Opera House. There will be a silent auction, freewill donation meal, 50/50 raffle and live music. Tickets are $40 per person and $75 per couple. This includes one drink ticket per person. Doors open at 5 p.m., social hour is till 6 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., dance at 7 p.m., auction/raffle at 9 p.m. FORT DODGE — The Fort Museum, 1 Museum Road, will ...

Muhlbauer brings campaign for governor to Webster City

Dave Muhlbauer, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, spoke to an audience of 20 yesterday at The Elks in Webster City. The candidate forum was sponsored by Hamilton County Growth Partnership, (HCGP). As he introduced Muhlbauer, HCGP Executive Director Ottie Maxey said the Partnership ...

Man pinned by falling tree

A man was injured when a section of a massive tree trunk fell and pinned him to the ground on a steep hillside in Fort Dodge Wednesday afternoon. He was freed during a complex rescue effort by firefighters and police officers and was transported by ambulance to UnityPoint Health - Trinity ...

New bridge will help expand OHV park trails

A new bridge will enable the already extensive trail system at the Gypsum City OHV Park to grow even more. Getting the bridge in place will make it possible to expand the trail system to the southeast corner of the park, according to the state Department of Natural Resources and Webster County Conservation. The bridge will be a 100-foot long pre-manufactured steel structure over a ravine. It will have an eight-foot wide concrete deck that OHVs will travel on. The Iowa Natural Resources Commission hired Dixon Construction, of Correctionville, to install the bridge at a cost of ...

Afro-Latino Festival comes to Iowa Central

Just in time for National Hispanic Heritage Month, the annual Afro-Latino Festival was held Wednesday at the Student Resource Center on Iowa Central Community College’s Fort Dodge campus. Hundreds of students and other members of the public packed the venue, sampling Afro-Latino food ...