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New dentist added at health center

The Community Health Center of Fort Dodge announced that Dr. Glory Ogunyinka has joined the organization as a general dentist, providing preventive, restorative, and comprehensive dental care to patients at the Fort Dodge location. Ogunyinka joined the health center this month after graduating from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 2025. She went on to complete an Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD) residency through NYU Langone Health, gaining additional training across a broad range of restorative, surgical, and comprehensive care procedures to further ...

Go and Do: Aug. 21, 2026

In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Matt Cosgrove River's Edge Discovery Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. TODAY and 9 a.m. to noon SATURDAY at 20 N. First St. Free admission. FORT DODGE — The Fort Dodge Veterans Council will hold a Beers and Ears benefit from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. SATURDAY ...

News of record: Aug. 21, 2026

Magistrate Court WEBSTER COUNTY Thursday Third-degree theft — Tiffany M. Blair, 31, 217 S. 16th St., preliminary hearing set for Aug. 28. Driving while barred — Samuel Maldonado, 34, 610 Central Ave., preliminary hearing waived. Possession of a controlled substance, third or subsequent offense — Jeremy J. Johnson, 49, 1128 Ave. B, two counts, failed to appear, arrest warrant issued. Possession of drug paraphernalia — Jeremy J. Johnson, 49, 1128 Ave. B, failed to appear, arrest warrant issued. Domestic assault, third or subsequent offense — Aaron L. Jones, 45, 250 ...

Ready to go

To anyone traveling down Iowa Highway 7 west of Fort Dodge, it appears that the open ground at the industrial park called Iowa’s Crossroads of Global Innovation is ready and waiting for businesses. Now the community has something that says that real estate truly is ready for ...

Main Street program reviewed

For someone seeing it for the first time, downtown Fort Dodge can make a big impression. Marcela Uribe came to the city from Texas Thursday to check out the Main Street Fort Dodge program and used the word big to describe her first impression. “For the size of the community, the downtown ...

From Our Files: Aug. 2011