After 46 years of helping to provide fun things for Fort Dodge residents to do, Lori Branderhorst is getting ready to step down. Branderhorst, the city’s recreation director, will retire on June 30. She was honored during Monday’s City Council meeting at which Mayor Dave Flattery ...
Domino’s will apparently be moving one block east of its current Fort Dodge location. The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday approved a plan to sell some city-owned land at Fifth Avenue South and 16th Street to the pizzeria. It also voted to sell some other city-owned land at Fifth Avenue South and 19th Street for the construction of a new small grocery store. Domino’s is currently located at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue South and South 15th Street. Camway Inc., of Norwalk, which owns the local Domino’s, offered $35,000 for a vacant lot on the southwest corner of ...
New siding and other improvements are in the works for two Fort Dodge homes as part of a grant-funded effort to spruce up the Third Avenue Northwest corridor. In July 2024, the city received a $1,508,548 Community Development Block Grant to be invested in that area. The grant was awarded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. The money is to be used for these purposes: • Rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes. • Trails. • Water mains. • Storm sewers. • Streetscapes, including lighting, landscaping and signs. On Monday, the City Council awarded a contract ...
The Fort Dodge city government may someday lease many vehicles instead of purchasing them. In a report to the City Council, Assistant City Manager Ryan Maehl wrote that leasing of vehicles is being studied as a way to relieve pressure on the city budget. Details, such as the types of vehicles that would be leased, are still being worked out. But Maehl wrote that a leasing plan with Enterprise Fleet Management is being considered. He wrote that the lease plan would not cost any more than what is currently budgeted for vehicle purchases. On Monday, the council OK’d a resolution ...
LEHIGH — While the mud volleyball pit at the annual Lehigh River Days celebration got an upgrade this year with a rubber liner, the log rolling pit got a few visitors that were not planning on participating — tiny frogs and a pair of juvenile snakes. Brittany Halbur, of Lehigh, used a ...
By David Drissel The fifth annual Fort Dodge Pride Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday on Central Avenue between 10th and 12th Streets in downtown Fort Dodge. This is the first time the event has occurred on Central Avenue since the inaugural Pride Festival of 2021. “By hosting the event in the heart of our downtown, we hope to support LGBTQ+ owned businesses and allies who stand with our community year-round while also shining a spotlight on the many local businesses that make our town unique,” Fort Dodge Pride Festival Board President Rhiannon Rippke-Koch ...
