Fort Dodge News

About 600 construction workers are entering the final stages of assembling the $320 million CJ Bio America plant west of Fort Dodge.

A federal grant has been awarded to help pay for future operations of Market on Central, leaders of a downtown Fort Dodge group learned Tuesday.

Coleman replaces former County Attorney Ricki Osborn, who resigned effective May 31 to take over the private practice of longtime Fort Dodge attorney Tom Price.

Andrew Pittz planted an aronia bush at the Fort Museum Tuesday - stop No. 63 on his quest to plant at least one of the berry-bearing perennials in each of Iowa's 99 counties.

The former Expo Pool site should become a neighborhood park with a walking path and a playground, people who live nearby told Fort Dodge officials and a consultant Tuesday night.

Nearly a decade later, the Fort Dodge, Iowa, native returns to that familiar blue oval in strong position to qualify for the world championships.

Rita E. McMahon passed away at the Paula J. Baber Hospice Home in Ft. Dodge on Saturday, June 15, 2013 surrounded by her family.

The newly ordained Catholic priest received his first parish assignment from Bishop R. Walker Nickless: Holy Trinity in Webster County.

I came to Fort Dodge in the fall of l966 as the high school choral director and conductor of the Fort Dodge Civic Glee Club.

With Mother Nature finally cooperating, race fans flocked to Mineral City here Sunday for opening night of the 2013 season.

Plenty of familiar breeds were on display alongside more unusual ones at the Fort Dodge Kennel Club AKC All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trials Sunday.

Potential future uses of the Expo Pool site in Fort Dodge will be the subject of a public meeting Tuesday.

It was diagnosed in Iowa pig herds in mid-May and almost always deadly to young pigs 3 weeks or younger.

Trees enhance the beauty of our natural environment. Sometimes, however, when Mother Nature turns violent they can become hazardous or a source of debris.

A woman was struck and killed by a train Friday night in Boone, according to police.

The week of June 3 was a monumental week for Friendship Haven. All of the residents from Tompkins Health Center moved to the new health center.

A huge thank you goes to all the walkers, skaters and volunteers who participated in the Opportunity Village Benefit Walk despite the snow earlier in the week.

Jerry L. Trainer, 75, of Fort Dodge passed away peacefully at home on June 12, 2013 after a long, courageous battle with lung disease.

Earl Christopher Detmering Jr., 86, went home to be with his Lord, from his home near Congress, Arizona, on Sunday, June 2, 2013.

Hamilton County Veteran Affairs hosted its annual expo open house on Thursday, and also hosted a memorial wall tribute to fallen soldiers.