Getting good child care has been notoriously difficult in Fort Dodge for years. Simply put, the number of kids in need of child care far exceeds the number of available spots in local child care centers. An organization called Linking Families and Communities has worked diligently to bring ...
To the editor, With the latest submission of a petition forcing the "Case for Eight" franchise fee ordinance to a special election I question why does the city of Fort Dodge have a city manager, mayor, City Council, and city department heads? It seems to me the spirit of a representative form ...
There is one more week until the second legislative funnel. This means any bill the House has sent to the Senate must pass a committee to remain alive this year. This excludes Appropriation bills and Ways and Means bills. Economic development This week, the House passed Senate File 574, a ...
As anyone with a passing knowledge of civics knows, Iowa has three branches of government, each with a different role. To put it in the simplest terms, the legislature writes the laws, the governor ensures that the laws are carried out and the courts decide if the laws are legal and ...
We have been moving through bills at a rapid pace. These bills were what we call non-cons which stands for non-controversial. Some of them are very simple bills, but there are some that are very complicated, but both the Republicans and the Democrats agree on the importance of the bill for the ...
Long before a new housing development or business expansion is announced to the public, a lot of work has to get done behind the scenes. The people who do that work are rarely known to the public. But in Fort Dodge, if someone were to sort through City Council meeting minutes and other ...