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Head Start announces meal program

YOUR Inc. Head Start announces its sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Meals are provided without regard to race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age or disability. Child care participants who are members of FIP or SNAP households or who are Head Start participants are automatically eligible to receive free meals. Adult care participants who are members of SNAP households who are SSI or medicaid participants are automatically eligible to receive free meal benefits. Meals are available at no separate charge to enrolled ...

Shred event scheduled for Saturday

First State Bank and Town & Country Insurance will hold a Community Shred Event from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at 3031 Fifth Ave. S. Bring and shred financial statements, receipts, invoices, and other personal document. Documents will be shredded onsite by The Shredder. Limit: 5 tall kitchen bags or copy paper boxes per person. Consult your tax preparer for information on document retention and types of documents that should be shredded vs kept.

Bond issue, contract on FD council agenda

The Fort Dodge City Council will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. A $4.2 million bond issue related to the development of Corridor Plaza is on the agenda. The bond debt will be paid with taxes generated at Corridor Plaza. The council will consider awarding contracts for a painting project at the Rosedale Rapids Aquatics Center. It will also consider a contract for replacing two bridges on the Fort Dodge Nature Trail.

Webster County Emergency Management seeks input from the public

Webster County Emergency Management is seeking the public’s input on how natural hazard events have impacted you. Your responses will help guide efforts to reduce risk, identify potential projects, and protect lives and property. Visit forms.office.com/r/zDzj6Yjz4n to share your concerns about natural hazards in the area.

Woman charged with neglecting horse

A woman faces a criminal charge in Webster County for allegedly failing to provide a horse with adequate food, water and shelter, according to court records. Page E. Peterson, 18, of Wyoming, has been charged with animal neglect with injury, court records indicate. She is from a city in eastern Iowa named Wyoming. In the criminal complaint filed against her, Webster County sheriff’s deputies wrote that Peterson was responsible for caring for an Arabian horse named Kajia at a property on 225th Street. The horse was under her care from May 1 to July 29, they wrote. However, ...

Women’s Connection brunch is Aug. 11, RSVP requested

Fort Dodge Women's Connection invites all area women to a brunch at 9:30 on Aug. 11 at Tea Thyme, 2021 Sixth Ave. S. Tickets are $15 inclusive. The special feature will be Rebecca Nelson, a hospital consultant with Unity Point Hospice in Fort Dodge. She will provide information on hospice care and end of life care. The main speaker is Lori Mayer of St. Ansgar. Her talk is entitled "What Are You Looking For?" Many times we are looking for something to fill the empty inner void in life. Mayer shares about finding genuine peace. She is a retired LPN and has worked with special needs ...