A new pumper truck for the Fort Dodge Fire Department has been ordered. The City Council on Monday voted to buy the truck from Pierce Manufacturing, of Appleton, Wisconsin, for $1,173,196. When the new truck is delivered in late 2028, it will replace a 2001 model now in use.

Drive-thru flu and COVID shot clinics will be held this week by the Webster County Health Department. The first clinic will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The second clinic will be from 9 a.m. to noon Friday. Both will be held in the parking lot of the Health Department building at 723 ...

Three local students were named to honors lists at Des Moines Area Community College for the recent summer semester. Jonathan Prach, of Fort Dodge, was named to the President’s List. He is studying cybersecurity. Jesseca Pirie, a business student from Callender, and Alexander Hansen, a ...

A man charged with cutting another man with a knife during a June altercation in downtown Fort Dodge has pleaded guilty. Jeffery O. Holland.,60, of Fort Dodge, received a two year sentence, but it was suspended, according to court records. That means he will not serve any time behind bars, ...

Fort Dodge and Webster County are being represented at an international economic development conference this week in Colorado. Astra Ferris, chief executive officer of the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance, and Jefferson Fosbender, the alliance’s economic development director, are at the ...

Four area residents graduated from Des Moines Area Community College at the end of the summer semester. The graduates and their programs of study are: • Kyler Crouse, Fort Dodge, ASEP- General Motors • Daniel Illig, Clare, agribusiness sales/services • Micah Stolp, Fort Dodge, ...