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Dolliver Memorial State Park hits century mark

OTHO — Dolliver Memorial State Park in Webster County was established 100 years ago. To mark the milestone, Park Manager Kevin Henning will give a presentation on the park’s history at 11 a.m. Saturday in the South Lodge. When it was established in 1925, Dolliver Memorial State Park was the third one in the state park system, according to Henning. He said Backbone State Park near Dundee in Delaware County was the first state park. Ledges State Park near Madrid in Boone County was the second one.

FD student named to Dean’s List

Ty Adams, of Fort Dodge, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at the University of Wisconsin — Oshkosh. To make the Dean’s List, a student must earn a 3.75 grade point average

Student makes St. Mary’s Dean’s List

William Kahle, of Algona, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona, Minnesota. To be named to the Dean’s List, he had to earn a grade point average of 3.6 or better.

Loras College posts Dean’s List

Several area students were named to the Dean’s List at Loras College in Dubuque for the spring semester. Dayton — Jubilee Cunigan Fort Dodge — Dennis Ehn, Kaili Henning, Hannah Landwehr, Isaac Landwehr

Man charged in 2024 shooting

A man has been arrested for shooting at another man last summer in Fort Dodge. Joshua A. Greene Jr., 20, of 838 Eighth Ave. N., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon, going armed with intent and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. According to criminal complaints filed against him, at 7:41 p.m. Aug. 7, 2024, Greene fired a gun at a man in a vehicle in the 1400 block of South 24th Street. The reports do not indicate if the man was injured. Greene was arrested Wednesday and made his initial appearance in Webster County ...

Man arrested for hiding in women’s restroom

A Fort Dodge man is facing criminal charges because sheriff’s deputies say he hid in a bathroom to look at women. Mark M. Martinson, 51, of 328 Ave. M West, is charged with four counts of invasion of privacy, according to court records. In criminal complaints filed against him, Webster County sheriff’s deputies wrote that at 7:55 p.m. May 18, Martinson went into a women’s restroom at Marker 126 along U.S. Highway 20 and hid in a stall. He then observed the women in the restroom, the deputies wrote. He was arrested Wednesday and made his initial appearance in Webster County ...