When Shimkat Motor Co. opened on June 1, 1947, Harry Truman was in the White House and Jackie Robinson took to the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers, shattering segregation in Major League Baseball. The family-owned dealership served through multiple economic recessions and a pandemic. The ...

Fort Dodge Regional Airport now offers jet flights to two major commercial hubs. United Express, operated by SkyWest Airlines Inc., provides one mid-day flight between Fort Dodge and Denver International Airport in Colorado. The airline also provides flights to Chicago O’Hare ...

A new strip mall began taking shape in Corridor Plaza to create space for some retailers, while the former Crossroads Mall property also received a major state grant to create a recreation area to be called the plaza and pavilion. New strip mall A restaurant called Teriyaki Madness and a ...

Fort Dodge Fiber is a name that city residents will be hearing a lot through 2022. That is the name of the city’s new municipal broadband utility. The utility, which will be capable of bringing fiber optic cable to every address in Fort Dodge, has been in the works since voters gave the ...

Calcium Products in Fort Dodge spent much of 2021 working toward growing its facility. The Calcium Products facility is currently located on Webster County Road P59 on the southeast edge of Fort Dodge. Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance CEO Dennis Plautz said in August, “What’s ...

Rick Jones was the warehouse manager when the old Sears store closed at Crossroads Mall in 2015. Jones, a Fort Dodge native, started with the company in 2004. “It was an extremely knowledgeable, hard-working crew at the old store,” Jones said. “Everyone would pitch in and help if ...