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Fort Dodge City Council awards demolition contract

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Two rundown houses in Fort Dodge will soon have a date with a demolition crew. The City Council on Monday hired Riley-Armstrong Plumbing Inc., of Fort Dodge, to knock down the houses at a cost of $63,999. The houses are at 611 Ave. C and 549 Third Ave. N. The house at Third Avenue North was ...

Kossuth Co. man escapes work release

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SIOUX CITY — A Kossuth County man jailed for intimidation with a dangerous weapon in 2022 has walked away from court ordered treatment at the Sioux City Residential Treatment Facility. According to the Iowa Department of Corrections, Michael Sie Lee Street, 23, failed to report back to the ...

‘It was magnificent’

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A crowd of some 5,000 people, a cross section of the area’s population, was gathered together in a downtown Fort Dodge intersection Saturday night, singing along with country music legend Trace Adkins. “It was magnificent,” Jim Reed, the president of Shellabration Inc., said Sunday ...

Travis Tritt to headline 2026 Country Jam

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Late last year, Shellabration Inc. conducted an online survey to find out who local country music fans would like to see and hear at a future Downtown Country Jam. About 600 people responded. Their No. 1 choice was Travis Tritt. Those hundreds of music fans will see their hopes come true ...

Fort Dodge council to consider TIF projects

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More potential uses for tax increment finance revenue will be considered by the Fort Dodge City Council when it meets tonight. The council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. Tax increment financing occurs when increased property tax revenue from a designated ...