A gap between two buildings in the 700 block of Central Avenue would become a pocket park under a plan advanced by the City Council Monday. Right now, the space is a big patch of grass next to the building that once housed McGregor’s Furniture. Part of that space was once an alley that ...

Several dates in relation to the end of the 2025-26 academic year highlighted discussion at Monday’s meeting of the Fort Dodge Community School District board. Superintendent Josh Porter shared information on high school graduation and the last day of school for students and staff during ...

GOWRIE — Two Colo residents were seriously injured Sunday when their car collided with a Union Pacific Railroad train in Gowrie. Mary Harrison, 62, was airlifted to Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, according to the Iowa State Patrol. She was picked up by a LifeFlight ...

Fort Dodge firefighters and paramedics will continue to respond to help people get back up after a fall, but in some cases there will now be a fee for that service. The City Council on Monday approved a fee schedule — one for nursing facilities and one for private individuals — to be ...

GOWRIE — Two people were seriously injured when the car they were in collided with a freight train in Gowrie Sunday afternoon. The collision happened at about 3 p.m. at the grade crossing on Lincoln Street. One of the injured people was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital by a ...

One of the things that the current Prairie River Trail System doesn’t lack for are destinations in both Fort Dodge and greater Webster County. The list on the map is long. They include John F. Kennedy Memorial Park, Rosedale Rapids, Webster County’s Freedom Rock, and Iowa Central ...