Moehnke, Davis win at-large seats
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Terry Moehnke and Scott Davis have won at-large seats for the Fort Dodge City Council. Complete results will be in Wednesday's Messenger.
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McNeeley: ‘I am ashamed of the choices I made’
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A Fort Dodge woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in helping to move the body of Dennis Jones after his son murdered him in 2024. Makayla McNeeley was sentenced Monday in Webster County District Court. “There is no excuse for my behavior,” McNeeley said in a letter to ...
FD man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexual abuse
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A Fort Dodge man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a child over the course of a year. According to court records, Joshua Jacobsma, 45, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for each of two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree, a class B felony, in Webster ...
Fort Dodge voters approve bond extension for FDSH improvements
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Voters have officially extended a borrowing authority so that the Fort Dodge Community School District will be able to invest $42 million into Fort Dodge Senior High School. With all 19 precincts reporting, there are 3,528 yes votes, or 74.7 percent. The no votes were at 1,196 (25.3 ...
Honoring their finest
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Lives of service and dedication with links to Iowa Central Community College were honored Saturday evening as the school inducted the newest members of its Hall of Fame. The inductees included a retired oral surgeon and his wife who both have a long history of supporting the community and ...
