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Spring 2025 Clean Off Week Notice

Beginning Tuesday, April 1st, 2025, we will be conducting our Spring Clean Off Week at all city cemeteries. During this time, all flowers and decorations will be respectfully removed and discarded.

This includes saddles, wreaths, floral arrangements in permanent vases, weathered flags from Veterans' or Memorial Day, and any non-compliant decorations such as ornaments, toys, signs, garden flags and holders, wind spinners, and non-integral vases or statues.

Please ensure you remove anything you wish to keep before April 1st. After this date, saddles and flower arrangements will no longer remain in permanent vases.

Beginning Saturday, April 5th, 2025, approved decorations will be permitted once again, including saddles and floral arrangements in permanent vases.

Thank you for your cooperation in maintaining our cemeteries. We appreciate your understanding and support. If you have questions about whether or not an item would be allowed to remain, please contain the main office at North Lawn. Spring 2025 Clean Off Week Notice

Beginning Tuesday, April 1st, 2025, we will be conducting our Spring Clean Off Week at all city cemeteries. During this time, all flowers and decorations will be respectfully removed and discarded.

This includes saddles, wreaths, floral arrangements in permanent vases, weathered flags from Veterans' or Memorial Day, and any non-compliant decorations such as ornaments, toys, signs, garden flags and holders, wind spinners, and non-integral vases or statues.

Please ensure you remove anything you wish to keep before April 1st. After this date, saddles and flower arrangements will no longer remain in permanent vases.

Beginning Saturday, April 5th, 2025, approved decorations will be permitted once again, including saddles and floral arrangements in permanent vases.

Thank you for your cooperation in maintaining our cemeteries. We appreciate your understanding and support. If you have questions about whether or not an item would be allowed to remain, please contain the main office at North Lawn.
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🌸 Spring 2025 Clean Off Week Notice 🌼

Beginning Tuesday, April 1st, 2025, we will be conducting our Spring Clean Off Week at all city cemeteries. During this time, all flowers and decorations will be respectfully removed and discarded.

This includes saddles, wreaths, floral arrangements in permanent vases, weathered flags from Veterans’ or Memorial Day, and any non-compliant decorations such as ornaments, toys, signs, garden flags and holders, wind spinners, and non-integral vases or statues.

Please ensure you remove anything you wish to keep before April 1st. After this date, saddles and flower arrangements will no longer remain in permanent vases.

Beginning Saturday, April 5th, 2025, approved decorations will be permitted once again, including saddles and floral arrangements in permanent vases.

Thank you for your cooperation in maintaining our cemeteries. We appreciate your understanding and support. If you have questions about whether or not an item would be allowed to remain, please contain the main office at North Lawn.

The agenda for the March 24, 2025, City Council meeting is available online. Council meetings begin at 6:00 pm in City Council Chambers, 819 1st Ave S. A special City Council meeting will be held before the originally scheduled meeting, starting at 5:30 pm.

fortdodgeiowa.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=11393
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The agenda for the March 24, 2025, City Council meeting is available online. Council meetings begin at 6:00 pm in City Council Chambers, 819 1st Ave S. A special City Council meeting will be held before the originally scheduled meeting, starting at 5:30 pm.

https://fortdodgeiowa.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Id=11393

Towing of vehicles parked on the roadway for more than 24 hours will begin tomorrow morning. Please move your cars before then! ... See moreSee less

Towing of vehicles parked on the roadway for more than 24 hours will begin tomorrow morning. Please move your cars before then!

Celebrating Our March Anniversaries!

Today, we want to take a moment to recognize and thank our incredible employees celebrating their work anniversaries this month! Your dedication, hard work, and commitment to our community make a difference every day. We appreciate everything you do, and we re so lucky to have you on our team.

Here's to many more years of success and growth together!
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Happy 1st Day of Spring! Go enjoy the snow before it melts! ... See moreSee less

Happy 1st Day of Spring! Go enjoy the snow before it melts!

City Projects Update

Current Projects - Click here for more information

Name: 2025 Concrete Patching & Asphalt Overlay    Expected Completion: Fall 2025

Name: Community Water Initiatives                        Expected Completion: Fall 2026

Name: Kenyon Rd Bridges (IDOT)                             Expected Completion: Summer 2025 

Name: Kenyon Rd & Ave C                                        Expected Completion: Summer 2025

Name: Traffic Signal Modification                                  Expected Completion: Fall 2025 

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