GOWRIE —Touch a Truck is 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Gowrie High School parking lot. Come see, touch and learn about working trucks from the community. Burger, chips and drink will be available for a freewill donation.

Upper Des Moines Opportunity will conduct a drive-thru food pantry today for all Webster County residents who meet income eligibility guidelines. It will be conducted from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Corpus Christi Center, 403 N. Eighth St.

North Seventh Street between Eighth and 10th avenues north will be closed to traffic beginning today for emergency sanitary sewer repairs, according to the Fort Dodge city engineering staff. Traffic will be detoured onto North Fourth Street.

The Webster County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division will be gaining an updated vehicle soon. On Tuesday, the Webster County Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of a certified used 2021 Cherokee Wagon LTE from Shimkat Motor Co, of Fort Dodge, for the CID. The vehicle ...

Seven candidates have passed the written and physical exam for the Webster County Civil Service Commission, being eligible for hire as a deputy sheriff. The Webster County Board of Supervisors approved the list during its meeting on Tuesday morning. Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener said ...

The utility billing office in the Fort Dodge Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., will be closed from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today. Payments can be made using the drop box in the back of the building.