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Veterans Day observance set in Fort Dodge

The Fort Dodge Veterans Day commemoration will be held at a different location this year. The ceremony will be held at Fort Dodge Middle School, 800 N. 32nd St. Parking will be available on the south side of the school, off Dodger Drive. The ceremony will begin at 10:50 a.m. The ...

Honor Flight Ball planned

An upcoming evening of music and food will support the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight as it prepares to resume taking veterans to Washington, D.C., next year. The first Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight Ball will be held Nov. 15 at the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. N. The doors will open at ...

Flight reductions could impact Fort Dodge

Commercial flights at Fort Dodge Regional Airport are scheduled to proceed as normal through the weekend. But on Monday, things could be different. The flights that serve Fort Dodge go and from Chicago O’Hare International Airport, which is one of the airports where mandatory flight ...

Webster County wreck injures three

MOORLAND — Three people were injured, including a person who was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital, in a crash Friday evening at a rural Webster County intersection. The crash happened at about 5 p.m. at Webster County Road D36 and Baxter Avenue. It involved a van, a semitrailer and a ...

A modern take on ‘Macbeth’ at FDSH

“Macbeth” is a Shakespearean tragedy in which the ambitious Scottish general Macbeth, after being told by three witches he will be king, murders the current king, Duncan, to seize the throne. Spurred on by his wife, Lady Macbeth, his paranoia and guilt lead to further violence and ...

Kenneth Fields — U.S. Navy

GOWRIE — Kenneth Fields enlisted in the Navy seeking some good technical training and some adventure. The Gowrie man got both of those things in a 10-year Navy career in which he sailed in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. His naval cruises took him above the ...