Iowa Sales Tax Holiday starts Friday
Area families are already beginning to think about the items that will be needed to send young people back to school properly equipped and looking good. According to the National Retail Federation, families...
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Area players flood all-district squads
Five Fort Dodge and two St. Edmond softball players were recently named all-district by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association for 2026. Teryn Rippentrop, Hope Alstott, Ellie Doster, Aubrey Alstott and Macy Will...
Iowa Central is first in the nation for new Pell grants
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon was in Fort Dodge Tuesday afternoon to announce that Iowa Central Community College is the first school in the nation approved to use a new form of student aid called W...
Grassley bankruptcy bill passes Senate
A change in bankruptcy laws U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley said will benefit families and small businesses has been unanimously approved by the Senate. The Iowa Republican and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois,...
New LifeFlight helicopter coming to Fort Dodge
A new LifeFlight helicopter will be coming to Fort Dodge this fall. The helicopter now in use will be replaced with a new one called a Bell 429. The new chopper will be faster and provide more room for treat...
EMT program approved for new grants
The emergency medical technician program at Iowa Central Community College is the first course in the nation to offer its students a new form of federal financial aid. “I’m thrilled to announce that the...
Choose Iowa promotes high quality food and drink from our state
People across the United States increasingly want to know where their food comes from. It just makes sense to know where something you put in your body comes from. And a problem like the recent wave of stoma...
Webster City school officials make case for new high school
WEBSTER CITY — Webster City has talked about replacing its high school for years. The school board seriously considered it in 2017, but lacked the votes to move forward. Now, school administration has conf...
15th Street intersection to close Monday
The intersection of Second Avenue North and 15th Street will be closed to traffic Monday and remain closed through November. The intersection will be rebuilt. Castor Construction, of Fort Dodge, has a $3,007...
Man charged with golf club attack
A man has been charged with breaking another man’s leg with a golf club, according to court records. Christopher O. Schulte, 42, of Fort Dodge, was arrested by Fort Dodge police and charged with willful in...
Driver charged with ramming another vehicle
A Fort Dodge man is accused of deliberately ramming his vehicle into another one during a Thursday evening incident. In criminal complaints filed against Kevin L. Tessandori, Fort Dodge police wrote that he...
KYL invites kids and teens for fun
WEBSTER CITY — Kendall Young Library will hold a variety of events in August open to youths of all ages (children under 8 years old must have an adult present). Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m, — Kids are i...
Catholic Daughters to meet Aug. 13
The Catholic Daughters Court 216 kick-off meeting will be held on Aug. 13, at the Corpus Christi Center beginning with Mass at 6 p.m. followed by dinner, social time, and a business meeting. Remember to use...
It’s time for brick pavers to go
In a city with hundreds of miles of roads, it comes as no surprise that elected and appointed officials are pretty much constantly thinking about infrastructure improvement plans. With the City Council and c...
Veterans appreciation concert coming to Humboldt
HUMBOLDT — A veterans appreciation event featuring a ZZ Top tribute band will be held Aug. 22 at Lower Joe Sheldon Park in Humboldt. Veterans, active duty service members and members of the National Guard...
Shelter pets sweating it out
The dogs and cats at the Almost Home Humane Society of North Central Iowa have been sweating it out just like everyone has been recently. But they face an additional challenge: old, balky air handlers that f...
Animal adoption group to mark birthday
Stay Wild Rescue, the organization that helps unclaimed animals from the pound find a new home, will celebrate its birthday Saturday with a public event. It will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lizard Creek Ran...
SE’s Bartlett picked for all-star series
St. Edmond’s Blake Bartlett has been selected to compete alongside some of the best high school baseball players from around the country. Bartlett, who will be a sophomore this coming fall, was picked for...
Area softball players land on all-state teams
Four Messenger-area softball players were named first team all-state by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association this week. Algona’s Reagan Haynes, Pocahontas Area’s Lauren Hoover, and Newell-Fonda’s Jocee W...
Centennial celebration for Bell’s Mill Park is Saturday
STRATFORD — It’s been 100 years since the Bell’s Mill Park was given to Hamilton County as a county park. On Saturday, a date born in tradition for the Old Settler’s Reunions, there will be a celebra...
Rec leader and businessman Calvert dies
Larry Calvert, a Fort Dodge insurance agency owner who had a leading role in guiding local parks and recreation programs for decades, died Wednesday at age 80. “In terms of parks and recreation, we are not...
From fair week to full speed ahead
For five days, visitors experienced livestock shows, carnival rides, grandstand entertainment and children playing in the Kids Zone during the Webster County Fair. What many didn’t see was what happened af...
Man charged in propane torch attack
A Fort Dodge man has been charged with going into an apartment and menacing two people there with a lighted propane torch. Two people sustained very minor injuries and a backpack was burned, according to pol...
TLC athletes honored in baseball, softball
The all-Twin Lakes Conference baseball first team featured three members from regular season league champion Emmetsburg, in addition to five from runner-up Pocahontas Area. The E-Hawks went 10-0 in the leagu...