The booming sound of fireworks can already be heard occasionally, and Independence Day is still a week away. With this year being the 250th birthday of the United States, people will be trying to make the July 4th holiday even more special, and fireworks will be part of the mix. But ...

Feelhaver Elementary School is where it all began and where it will end for Susan Winter. It has come full circle for Winter, who has been a teacher for 33 years. She has spent the last 28 years in the Fort Dodge Community School District in the same building. Ironically, when she began ...

In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1436 21st Ave. N., will hold its annual car show from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. TODAY. Cars, trucks and motocycles welcome. There will be door prizes and trophies awarded. Freewill donation to enter. Free hot dog, chips and a drink will ...

In Iowa, it is something that happens entirely too often — someone is told by their doctor that they have cancer. The state has the second highest rate of new cancers in the United States, according to Dr. Mary Charlton, professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa and director of ...

WEBSTER CITY — Community members are invited to attend a free educational program on human trafficking in Iowa from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Van Diest Medical Center Clinic Board Room. Enter through the exterior door between the hospital and clinic entrances. The event is sponsored ...

GILMORE CITY — A man who led law enforcement officers on a pursuit through parts of Humboldt and Pocahontas counties Tuesday night was arrested Wednesday morning. The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office reported that Clayton C. Nielsen, 41, of Gilmore City, has been charged with: • Three ...