A veteran Fort Dodge city employee has been promoted to a new role in which she will lead efforts related to business and housing development. Paige Wheeler was approved by the City Council Monday to serve as development services director. “I’m excited,” she said Monday after the ...
The Webster County Emergency Management Services (EMS) Advisory Council will meet Wednesday to continue discussions about funding for rural EMS departments and sharing agreements. The meeting will be held Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Room at the Webster County ...
Editor's note: This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and organizations from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area who are making a difference in their communities. To graduate from college with a degree in political ...
HOMER — Don Lamb, vice-president of the West Central Region Cockshutt & Co-op Club, had a big smile on his face Saturday afternoon after firing up his 1940s vintage David Bradley chainsaw at the club’s annual Threshing Bee in Homer. “I had it all apart,” he said proudly. “Got ...
The Fort Dodge City Council will consider awarding a contract for another water main construction job when it meets this evening. The council will meet at 6 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S. The planned water main would extend about 2,000 feet east of the intersection of ...