No paper on Veterans Day
The print edition of The Messenger will not be published on Wednesday in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. Check www.messengernews.net throughout the day for breaking news and news updates.
THE RED KETTLES RETURN
Starting on Saturday, the familiar sound of bells ringing in front of stores began in Fort Dodge as the annual Salvation Army Kettle Campaign kicked off. It’s a sound heard every year and a need that’s always there, every year. “The need is great this year,” said Salvation Army ...
FD bridge contract on council agenda
A contract for replacing the 101-year-old Highland Park Avenue Bridge will come before the Fort Dodge City Council tonight. The council will also consider the second readings of proposed increases in the monthly water and sanitary sewer bills. The council’s work will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 819 First Ave. S., with a workshop on future street improvement projects. The council’s business meeting will begin at 6 p.m. That’s when the bridge contract will be considered. The timber frame bridge was built in 1925. It carries Highland Park Avenue over the ...
Annual walleye stocking ensures local fishing at Briggs Woods Lake
By Robert E. Oliver Last Friday, 600 juvenile walleye found a new home at Briggs Woods Lake. For the fourth year in a row, donors gave $2,100 to stock the lake with walleye, ensuring that as we rake leaves and prepare for winter, good local fishing lies ahead both this winter, and next spring and summer. This year the funds came from the Doug Jacobson Foundation and Mid-American Energy. Funding for the 2027 walleye restocking project is already being sought, and grants written to insure the fifth year. Anyone can contribute to the project at any time through the Friends of the ...
Casciato ministered to troops for 2 decades
Long before Gabe Casciato was the senior pastor of Crossway Church in Fort Dodge, he was ministering to an entirely different type of congregation. Everyone in that congregation wore a military uniform. Often they were working under extreme stress that would be unimaginable to civilians. ...
