Four Carlson kids from Manson and Rockwell City sat in the back of a pickup truck Saturday morning at the Fort Dodge Farmers Market, cleaning and shucking sweet corn as fast as customers could buy it. Ava, 13, packaged it up. Olivia, 11, Melody, 9, and Elliott, 6, worked alongside, happily ...
What is commonly called the 14th Street hill and Central Avenue downtown may be the sites of future upgrades. Both were discussed Monday as the City Council reviewed lists of projects presented by the city engineering staff. Neither project has been approved by the council. Both would be in the future, starting next year at the earliest and perhaps starting as late as 2031. Communication with the Canadian National Railway may help the city to finalize the schedule, according to Mayor Dave Flattery. That’s because the railroad has a bridge that carries its tracks over 14th Street ...
The roster of the Fort Dodge Fire Department has been changed by one retirement and a series of promotions. Capt. Steve Teske will retire Friday after about 38 years of service. Mayor Dave Flattery presented him with a proclamation during Monday’s council meeting. Teske joined the Fire ...
JEFFERSON — A man is dead, and a Jefferson police officer was stabbed in the face early Sunday morning after a traffic stop ended in a violent confrontation in a rural Greene County ditch. According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, a Jefferson police officer attempted to stop a vehicle at about 1:25 a.m. Sunday. The driver refused to pull over, and a pursuit followed. Deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office responded to assist. The pursuit ended near 245th Street and L Avenue when the driver lost control and the vehicle went into the ditch. Investigators ...
