For more than an hour Tuesday, Webster County Supervisors heard competing visions for land near travel center Marker 126 on U.S. Highway 20 east of Fort Dodge. Supporters of a rezoning project for the land discussed new businesses bringing jobs and tax revenue to the U.S. Highway 20 ...
The site once known as the Landus corn bunker, located on Iowa Highway 175 south of Dayton, will soon become the location of a new county shed. On Tuesday, the Webster County Supervisors approved purchase of the 13.5 acres from Landus for $175,000. “We’ve discussed the possible ...
Every year it is a ritual that elementary school students might find exciting while middle and high school students may be less impressed. But practicing how to safely evacuate from a bus is part of School Bus Safety Week, which is under way now. “While school bus crashes are not ...
For decades, the dreaded disease of polio robbed many of its victims of the ability to walk. On Saturday, the Rotary clubs of Fort Dodge are inviting everyone to talk a walk to help put an end to polio once and for all. The Walk to End Polio will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery Center, 20 N. First St. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. There is no registration fee, but a donation is requested. Casey Johnson, president of the Fort Dodge Rotary Club, said all the donations will be used for Rotary International’s effort to eradicate ...
