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The Fort Dodge Police Department is looking for video from home security systems that will help lead to the arrest of suspects in some recent thefts. The department has received reports of thefts from vehicles and thefts of vehicles in the past week.Officers are working to compile evidence in ...

ELLSWORTH — A computer crime unit based in Fort Dodge played a key role in apprehending an Ellsworth man now headed to federal prison on child pornography charges. Bryan Ross, 26, will serve 25 years in prison for producing and distributing child pornography, according to the United States ...

Earlier this month, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed House File 718, establishing a homestead tax exemption for claimants 65 years of age or older. In addition to the existing homestead tax credit, eligible claimants who own the home they live in and are 65 years of age or older on or before Jan. 1 ...

Second Avenue South between 13th and 14th streets will be closed today so that a contractor can repair a sanitary sewer service line, according to the Fort Dodge city engineering staff.

Iowa Central Community College held its pinning ceremony for paramedic /emergency medical services graduates on Monday in the Triton Cafe on the Fort Dodge campus. Graduates from the Class of 2023 were: Spencer Barber, Fort Dodge; Brian Egemo, Fort Dodge; Caroline Homan, Ida Grove; Xavier ...