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Summerfest to bring live music to downtown FD

The inaugural Fort Dodge Summerfest, a two-day community event will be held in downtown Fort Dodge Friday and Saturday. Fort Dodge Summerfest will include a series of live music performances, a full carnival presented by Scott Amusements, a vendor fair, food trucks, a free pancake breakfast on Saturday morning, and a laser show after dark on Saturday night. The event is free and open to the public, with the exception of carnival rides, which will require the purchase of tickets or wristbands. Fort Dodge Summerfest will begin with the opening of the vendor fair at 3 p.m. on Friday. ...

Veterans take voyage of honor

For some of the red-clad veterans cramming into the Fort Dodge Regional Airport terminal before sunrise Tuesday, the day’s journey would be their first visit to the nation’s capital. Others had been to Washington D.C., previously but were returning in the company of fellow ...

A tradition of talent

DES MOINES — For 99 years Fort Dodge Senior High has been entertaining crowds with their acting skills, singing and musical abilities. With all the work that goes into producing a production and then the performances, all the talent is showcased. For the 99th annual musical, FDSH ...

Thursday is last day of school for FDCSD

The day many local students have been anticipating for perhaps weeks is now at hand. Thursday is the last day of school for the Fort Dodge Community School District. District Superintendent Josh Porter told the Board of Education Tuesday that classes will be dismissed two hours early that day. In other business, the board received a report from Jeri Ayala-Thompson, the principal of the Early Childhood Center, about the multi-tiered system of support used to help young students struggling in school. She used the example of one of the center’s students to show how the program can ...

Crash sends one to hospital

Remembering the fallen

Since the United States of America was founded 250 years ago, some 1.1 million men and women have died defending the nation. Their final resting places are at the hallowed grounds of national cemeteries such as Arlington National Cemetery, or beneath the rows of crosses overlooking the ...