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Budget, liquor license on agenda for FD council

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The Fort Dodge City Council will act on the nearly $115 million budget for the next fiscal year when it meets tonight. The council will also consider cracking down on the 4th Street Depot, a bar that has generated lots of police calls and complaints from neighbors by issuing a formal warning that could provide the basis for asking the courts to put limits on the business. The council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. The proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 totals $114,567,940. That is about the same as the current year’s ...

News of Record: April 25, 2026

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Student charged in Humboldt school fire HUMBOLDT — A student at Humboldt Middle School has been charged with setting a fire in the school. The fire was discovered at about 8 a.m. April 14 in a bathroom at the school, located at 1400 Wildcat Road, according to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The building was evacuated and a staff member put out the fire with an extinguisher. An investigation by school officials, the Sheriff’s Office, Humboldt police and the Humboldt County Attorney’s Office revealed that the fire was intentionally set. The Sheriff’s Office reported ...

FD native, boxing champ, announces book

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For a few decades of his life, Fort Dodge native John Roby was focused on fighting. He began boxing when he was 16 years old and trained under the late Bud Fair, of Fort Dodge. After a long and distinguished amateur career, he turned pro. He fought 48 professional bouts and was the ...

Farmers plant while facing a harvest of worries

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Farmers are used to a lot of uncertainty. Will the rains come at the right time, the right amount, or will they not come at all? Will the sun burn up the crops in July? Will thunderheads drop hail in August? But farmers are used to worrying about the weather. There’s a whole new world ...

Happily employed

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WEBSTER CITY — There are not many who can say they have worked for 40 years for the same business. There are even fewer who can survive three transitions of ownership and also shift with the company during several moves. Mitch Young, shop foreman and master certified technician at Good ...

FAMILIAR NAME, NEW GENERATION

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When it came time to establish themselves as new business owners on the block, there was no place like home for the Daniel triplets of Fort Dodge. Sam, Thomas and James Daniel are climbing the ladder – both literally and figuratively — with their new business, Daniel Gutters and ...