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Thursday is last day of school for FDCSD

The day many local students have been anticipating for perhaps weeks is now at hand. Thursday is the last day of school for the Fort Dodge Community School District. District Superintendent Josh Porter told the Board of Education Tuesday that classes will be dismissed two hours early that day. In other business, the board received a report from Jeri Ayala-Thompson, the principal of the Early Childhood Center, about the multi-tiered system of support used to help young students struggling in school. She used the example of one of the center’s students to show how the program can ...

Crash sends one to hospital

A tradition of talent

DES MOINES — For 99 years Fort Dodge Senior High has been entertaining crowds with their acting skills, singing and musical abilities. With all the work that goes into producing a production and then the performances, all the talent is showcased. For the 99th annual musical, FDSH ...

From our files: May 2011

Veterans take voyage of honor

For some of the red-clad veterans cramming into the Fort Dodge Regional Airport terminal before sunrise Tuesday, the day’s journey would be their first visit to the nation’s capital. Others had been to Washington D.C., previously but were returning in the company of fellow ...

News of Record: May 27, 2026

Deer causes motorcycle wreck BARNUM — A man who swerved to miss a deer was injured when his motorcycle crashed Tuesday afternoon in western Webster County. The crash happened at about 2 p.m. on Baxter Avenue near 190th Street. Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener said James Larson, of Pomeroy, was driving a 2017 Harley-Davidson when a deer ran in front of him. He said Larson swerved and then crashed. He was taken to UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. Barnum firefighters and an ambulance from the Fort Dodge Fire Department responded along with sheriff’s ...