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Iowa Central football team, sports medicine to get new home

The Iowa Central Community College football team — plus the sports medicine, pre-physical therapy and athletic training programs — will be housed in a new building on the Fort Dodge campus. The planned Center for Sports Performance will not be paid for with the $35 million bond issue ...

FORCE America debuts new facility

It took more than a year to build and equip the new 32,000-square-foot home of FORCE America Inc. in Fort Dodge. Despite all of the time and work, Jeff Warner, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, stood in front of the building on First Avenue South Thursday and declared ...

Child abuse trial begins

A jury trial is underway for a Fort Dodge man charged with 39 counts of child abuse against his own baby. Austin Prewitt, 25, was charged in September 2025 with dozens of counts of both felony and misdemeanor child endangerment causing bodily injury, assault causing injury, child ...

Go and Do: May 15, 2026

In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Local law enforcement officers will be raising money for Special Olympics from 6 a.m. to noon TODAY at Dunkin’, 2520 Fifth Ave. S. Every dollar raised helps provide opportunities, training, and competition for Special Olympics athletes throughout Iowa. Donors ...