With mesh bags in hand, their heads mostly looking down, and a keen desire to find the motherload of morels, a secretive band of hunters is about to hit the woods in central Iowa. Will this be the year when the sometimes elusive morel mushrooms are abundant for those willing to trek into ...
Heavy rains regularly meant trouble in Fort Dodge a decade or so ago. Many residents would have sewage backing up into their basements. Public works crews used to set up trailer-mounted pumps to pump sewage out of manholes. The staff of McClure Engineering Co. documented all these problems in graphic form for the city, placing colored marks on a map to pinpoint the trouble spots. The City Council saw that multi-colored map again Monday evening. The elected officials also saw a new map showing current conditions. It was a plain map with no colorful spots denoting basement backups or ...
A potential 14-cent increase in the property tax rate for the Fort Dodge city government received scant interest during a Monday evening public hearing. Just one person, Mike Raja, owner of the Days Inn at 3040 Fifth Ave. S., addressed the City Council during the hearing. He spoke against the proposed increase. The council also received one written comment, submitted by what appeared to be the owners and operators of every hotel in the city, opposing the increase. Just four members of the public were in the council meeting room for the hearing. The proposed property tax rate for ...
The Fort Dodge Public Works Department compost site at the central garage, 3001 Eighth Ave. S., will open to city sanitation customers on Saturday. These are the guidelines for the compost site: Access is limited to city residents receiving garbage service. Securely cover yard waste in trucks or trailers with a tarp. Separate tree branches from leaves and grass clippings. Branches should be under four inches in diameter and four feet long. The site’s operating hours are 8 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays; and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Local legislators still wrestling with potential property tax and eminent domain changes were asked during a Saturday forum to explain their position on funding for education. State Rep. Wendy Larson, R-Odebolt, said during Saturday’s Eggs and Issues forum that statewide the number of ...
