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Education Briefs

FDMS to present ‘The Wizard of Oz’

“The Wizard of Oz,” the Fort Dodge Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade musical, will be performed at 7 p.m. on March 12 and 13 in the Fort Dodge Middle School auditorium. Nearly 85 students are involved in the production. In this adventure, Dorothy is carried by a tornado from her ...

Iowa Lakes student awarded scholarship

ESTHERVILLE — Hunter Riedesel was awarded a $1,000 scholarship for Iowa Lakes Community College at the Agribusiness Career Day hosted by the Agribusiness Association of Iowa Foundation on Feb. 12. Out of more than 250 Iowa community college agriculture or agribusiness students attending ...

Two area students win ag scholarships

Two community college students from the area who are studying agriculture or agribusiness have received $1,000 scholarships through a program conducted by the Agribusiness Association of Iowa. Iowa Central Community College student Leslie Murphy, of Sac City, received a scholarship sponsored ...

FDCSD athletic physicals set for March 5

Athletic physicals for current 7-12 grade students will be held from 5:15–6:15 p.m. March 5 at the Fort Dodge Senior High gym. The cost is $15. All 7-12 grade Dodger student-athletes are encouraged to attend. A sports physical needs to be current and on file in the nurse’s office prior ...

Named to Chancellor’s List at St. Luke’s

Several area residents were recently named to the Chancellor’s List at St. Luke’s College — Unity Point Health in Sioux City for the 2019 semester. They are Dawn Grall, Fort Dodge; Megan Fitzgerald, Fort Dodge; Jadie Lara, Fort Dodge; Ashley Mundie, Fort Dodge; Nicole Scully, Burnside; ...

Dodgers successful at Special Olympics

Thirty-nine Dodger athletes competed in the Special Olympics Area Basketball event at Butler Elementary on Feb. 14. Twenty-six of the athletes earned first place and will move on to the state competition March 13-14 in Iowa City. Students finishing in first place included Lilly Walters, ...