Riverbank damage north of Fort Dodge caused by the 2019 flooding of the Des Moines River will be repaired this summer. The Webster County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a roughly $1 million contract to do the repairs. County Engineer Jamie Johll previously reported that the ...

When Fort Dodge leaders met with federal officials in the nation’s capital Tuesday the topics of discussion ranged from educating former prison inmates to maintaining airline service. Representatives of Fort Dodge, Webster County, the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance and Iowa Central ...

The expansion of Nestle Purina PetCare and some qualifying downtown building projects would benefit from a measure approved by the Fort Dodge City Council Monday. With Monday’s move, the council laid the groundwork for providing $1.6 million over 10 years to Nestle Purina through tax ...

Two trail projects approved Monday will give walkers, runners and bicyclists new connections this year. The north end of the Soldier Creek Nature Trail will be realigned as part of a bigger water quality project. And a kind of underpass will be built to enable people to cross beneath the ...

There will be a citywide scavenger hunt fundraiser on Saturday to support the exchange program with Fort Dodge’s sister city of Gjakova in Kosovo in southeastern Europe. “The exchange program is a sister city partnership with Gjakova, Kosovo,” said Jolene Hays, a guidance counselor at ...

Return with us now to those thrilling days of cliques, crushes and cafeteria food, better known as high school. Whether you loved it, hated it, or barely survived it, Webster City High School’s upcoming production of the 2006 Disney hit “High School Musical” is a fun throwback to your ...