Two Fort Dodge police officers have been promoted as a result of the retirement of Lt. Matt Wilson after 29 years of service. Matt Webb was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant. He joined the Police Department in 2008. He was promoted to sergeant in 2023. He is a field training officer. In ...
Editor's note: This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and organizations from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area who are making a difference in their communities. For the better part of three decades, Gery Cook has ...
The Fort Dodge City Council will continue its work on the proposed budget for the next fiscal year and start a couple of water main projects when it meets tonight. The council will get started at 5 p.m. with a budget workshop in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. During that ...
This is the time of year when any bout of coughing or touch of fever has people worrying if they have the flu. Northern Iowa is in the midst of a flu season that borders on being rated as bad or severe by public health officials. The good news, according to local health care ...