A higher level of emergency medical care will be available faster in southern Webster County by the end of this year. The county’s emergency medical service coordinator, Scott Richard, said Thursday he plans to move his base of operations from Fort Dodge to Gowrie. From there, he will ...
Four new homes are under construction in the Lynx Development #2 in southeast Webster City. The company building them was formerly known as Quirk Development, but has filed plans for the new homes under the name HQ Homes. The company is owned by Dean and Holly Quirk, and is based in Ankeny. ...
The celebration of America’s 250th birthday continues this Sunday with the Fort Dodge Area Symphony presenting the first concert of its season, “An American Portrait.” It begins at 3 p.m. at the Fort Dodge Middle School, 800 N. 32nd St. Tickets at the door cost $15. Season memberships for all four concerts will be available for $50. The concert features the rousing “American Salute,” written in just eight hours in 1942 by Morton Gould at the request of a government radio producer in the beginnings of World War II. Based upon the familiar “When Johnny Comes Marching ...
A Fort Dodge police officer who fired his weapon at a man he found shooting at others in the 300 block of South Fourth Street in the early morning hours of Sept. 26 has been cleared to return to duty. Patrol Officer Dominic Morriss had been on critical incident leave since the incident, ...
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson brought her campaign for the Senate to Fort Dodge during a Wednesday afternoon rally at which she was introduced by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley. The Republican said she is committed to working on childcare, housing, tax relief, energy independence and family farm ...
