Sometimes in America, it seems as if we actually enjoy advertising our trials and difficulties. And, yes, we have had plenty of them this year. There were really trying times in the early days of our nation also. That is why America’s first formal Thanksgiving observance had far more ...
Please provide some background information about Main Street Fort Dodge and its mission. The Downtown Fort Dodge Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District became a Main Street Iowa district in 2017. Our mission is “Working to reclaim the downtown’s historical purpose and prosperity by ...
About two weeks ago, a group of people dashed through a closed supermarket, putting groceries in carts as fast as they possibly could. No, they weren’t looting the place. In fact, they were doing a good deed that will help hungry people in the Fort Dodge area. The people filling those ...
Q: What should online shoppers know to keep their wallets safe this holiday season? A: No matter the time of year, consumers need to take precautions to protect their hard-earned money from scams, particularly when shopping online during the holiday season. Last year, the FBI Internet Crime ...
When it debuted some 56 years ago, the span that carries First Avenue South over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks was named Veterans Bridge. It was an appropriate name, but it was just a name and as the decades passed a number of people forgot that the bridge was even called that. Now ...
Parenting can be one of the toughest jobs to have. But for a single parent, the difficulty of parenting increases exponentially. Today, 42 percent of households with dependent children in Fort Dodge are single parent households. And 90 percent of them are headed by mothers. Being a single ...