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Improving traffic flow at Harlan Rogers

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A second way to get vehicles in and out of Harlan and Hazel Rogers Sports Complex will be developed. A road connection behind the Mini Majors section of the park will eventually take traffic past the soccer fields to 160th Street. “The other positive impact of placing the outlet to the ...

FD bar is focus of neighbors’ complaints

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A few Fort Dodge residents fed up with what they described as constant late night rowdiness and even gunfire around the Fourth Street Depot asked the City Council on Monday to take a hard look at the establishment. “We believe this meets the criteria of a public nuisance,” said Emily ...

Robots to handle driving range chores

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A pair of robots will be taking over some of the routine maintenance of the driving range at Lakeside Municipal Golf Course soon. Golfers won’t be seeing any androids that look like they came out of a science fiction movie. But they may see a couple of machines working around the range ...

Barn with a purpose

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Editor's note: This feature first ran in a special Farm News publication called Barns of Iowa, published Nov. 28, 2025. KAMRAR — “I wish this old barn could talk,” said Wayne Blue of the barn on the home farm where he has lived most of his life. That old barn would indeed have some ...

FD council to consider second EMS agreement

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The Fort Dodge City Council will consider a second agreement with Webster County for receipt of money from the emergency medical essential service tax. The council will meet at 6 p.m. today in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. The council approved an initial agreement on Feb. ...