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The Fort Dodge City Council will again hold an electronic meeting on Monday, with a major infrastructure project on the agenda. The council meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Because of restrictions on public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, the public will not be allowed in the Municipal Building. Only Mayor Matt Bemrich and a […]

When Melissa Cook and April Tyre went through Margie Loomis’s Fort Dodge estate in the fall of 2018, they soon discovered artwork with a local connection. “There was a lot of cool, interesting Fort Dodge stuff related to Edna Hogan,” said Cook, who co-owns Helping Hands Estate and Tag Sales. “Original artwork and cards she had written […]

Nursing homes across the state are running low on cloth gowns, according to Dan Clark, director of Iowa Prison Industries. So the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility is doing something about it. About 90 inmates there have been cutting the fabric needed for the gowns. By Monday, they are expected to start producing 1,000 gowns a […]

Floral Avenue near North 15th Street will be closed beginning Monday so that a fire hydrant and water valves can be replaced, according to the Fort Dodge Public Works Department. The project will require water service to be shut off Wednesday along Floral Avenue between North 15th Street and North 19th Street. https://www.messengernews.net/news/news-brief/2020/04/street-closure-water-service-shutoff-planned-for-monday/