A free community cook-out will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 1 at Athletics for Education and Success, 712 Third St. N.W. The menu will include burgers, hot dogs and more. The cookout is sponsored by the Western Iowa Labor Federation and Athletics for Education and Success.

The Cop on a Rooftop event Friday at Dunkin’ in Fort Dodge raised $3,137.02 for Special Olympics Iowa. “What an amazing number,” Police Chief Dennis Quinn said. “Fort Dodge once again showed what a wonderful community it is by throwing its support behind Special Olympics Iowa,” he ...

The Iowa State University Webster County Extension and Outreach office will host a Farmland Leasing meeting beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Webster County Extension office, 822 Central Ave. (first floor of the Wells Fargo building). The meeting will last approximately 2 1/2 hours and ...

A LifeFlight helicopter landed at the Gypsum City Off-Highway Vehicle Park Tuesday afternoon to pick up someone who was critically injured in a crash there. Preliminary reports indicate that a man was thrown off of a dirt bike when it crashed inside the park south of Fort Dodge. The incident ...

Two new police officers have been hired in Fort Dodge. They are Benjamin Loy and Trevor Satern. Loy is a native of Washington and graduate of Washington High School. He most recently worked as a Manson police officer. Satern is a native of Humboldt and a graduate of Humboldt High School. He ...

DAYTON — The boil advisory from the City of Dayton for the rodeo grounds, golf course, and Fourth Avenue Southeast has been lifted. The boil advisory happened earlier in the week when a contractor hit a water main.