Teachers and staff in the Fort Dodge Community School District have a couple of new tools to help them communicate with students and families who are struggling with English or do not speak the language at all. The Fort Dodge Middle School and Fort Dodge Senior High staff have been able to ...

For the second time in as many school years, Fort Dodge Middle School has received a grant from National Gypsum to help develop one of its programs as part of the company’s Giving Tuesday initiative. The district announced this week that National Gypsum has donated $40,000 to upgrade ...

First-grade students at South Central Calhoun Elementary in Rockwell City and Manson Northwest Webster Elementary in Barnum traveled back in time recently to learn about Iowa agriculture history. Kalene Berte, Ag in the Classroom coordinator for Farm Bureau, used a PowerPoint presentation and ...

An early morning house fire left a firefighter injured. According to the Fort Dodge Fire Department, they were called to a structure fire at 225 J St. just before 1 a.m. Thursday. When crews arrived they found a two-story wood frame home with heavy fire showing from the first floor. ...

MANSON — At just before 9 a.m. Thursday, Justin Daggett’s phone is already pinging with alerts and messages regarding the weather. No, he’s not a meteorologist, but the superintendent of Manson Northwest Webster schools. With snow predicted to begin falling by 11 a.m. and to ...