-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
The rear of a home at 1914 Fourth Ave. S. was heavily damaged by a fire Sunday evening. The fire, caused by a problem with a meat smoker, started outside the house and spread to the interior. No one was injured. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Extensive fire damage is visible on the northeast corner of a house at 1914 Fourth Ave. S. The Sunday evening blaze was caused by a meat smoker outside the house and flames spread to the interior. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Extensive fire damage is visible on the northeast corner of a house at 1914 Fourth Ave. S. The Sunday evening blaze was caused by a meat smoker outside the house and flames spread to the interior.
-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Fort Dodge Fire Department vehicles fill the parking lot of the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 169 Friday morning. A fire there sent two people to the hospital and heavily damaged one guest room. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
A Fort Dodge firefighter cleans up broken glass following a fire at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 169 Friday morning. -Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Fort Dodge firefighters work at the Quality Inn on U.S. Highway 169 after extinguishing a fire there Friday morning. A woman and a child suffered smoke inhalation in the blaze, which gutted one room of the hotel.
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This image shows what the area that now contains the Crossroads Mall could look like with residential, business and retail buildings. This view looks from the northeast corner to the southwest corner of the current Crossroads Mall. -Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Angela Croonquist, owner of Salon Central, poses in her freshly remodeled shop. Croonquist, who has been a hair stylist for 29 years, open her new business on Aug. 3.
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This image shows what the area that now contains the Crossroads Mall could look like with residential, business and retail buildings. This view looks from the northeast corner to the southwest corner of the current Crossroads Mall.