People traveling on First Avenue South in Fort Dodge may notice some construction activity on the east side of the Albert Habhab Veterans Memorial Bridge. That work isn’t another city infrastructure project. It is the first phase of a plaza that will be the capstone project in the ...
A man has been charged with drunk driving and other traffic offenses after the pickup he was driving went off Kenyon Road and hit a railroad car. The crash happened just after 2 a.m. Saturday, according to Police Chief Dennis Quinn. He said the pickup failed to round the curve on Kenyon Road near South Eighth Street. The truck, a 2020 Ford F150, then went off the road and down a hill into the rail yard of the Canadian National Railway. There, it went over one set of tracks and hit the side of a railroad tank car that was parked on a parallel set of tracks. The driver of the truck, ...
Anna Lursen, a senior at St. Edmond Catholic School, was honored at the recent Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony. Lursen has a 4.062 grade-point average. She has also already earned 77 college credits. She is a member of the National Honor Society and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor ...
A Fort Dodge woman accused of dealing fentanyl pills has pleaded guilty to a federal crime, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa. Leslie J. Fanning, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, federal prosecutors said. Between 2021 and June 2024 she and others planned to distribute fentanyl, according to the Attorney’s Office. On three occasions in May 2024, she distributed blue pills marked M-30 which contained fentanyl to a person cooperating with law enforcement. ...
The Community Health Center of Fort Dodge invites the public to participate in a Make It OK event on May 14. This event is part of the Make It OK campaign through Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative, a statewide effort focused on reducing stigma surrounding mental health by encouraging ...
