A Military Academy Day will begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Triton Cafe at Iowa Central Community College. This event is for students in eighth grade through their senior year in high school who are interested in applying to one of the nation’s military academies. Representatives of the ...

Seventh Avenue North between Forest Avenue and North 13th Street will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, according to the Fort Dodge Public Works Department. It will remain closed for about a week for road repairs. Detours will be posted.

Schnurr & Co., of Fort Dodge, released an audit report on the Fort Dodge Community School District. The auditors reported that the district’s revenues totaled $69,587,103 for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022. That is a 15.45 percent increase from the prior fiscal year. The ...

Sarah SmallCarter was elected chairwoman of the Webster County Democrats during the party’s recent caucus. “I am honored to be passed the torch from former Chair Julie Geopfert,” she said. “I have nothing but gratitude for this community that has welcomed my family with open arms, and ...

The Brushy Creek Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will hold its annual fundraiser banquet on Friday at the Lizard Creek Ranch 1762 Johnson Ave. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and a prime rib dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. There will be a live and silent auctions, raffles and other ...

Westbound traffic on Fifth Avenue South between 31st and 32nd streets will be reduced to one lane this morning. Public Works crews will be making crosswalk repairs. The work is expected to take a couple of hours.