To anyone traveling down Iowa Highway 7 west of Fort Dodge, it appears that the open ground at the industrial park called Iowa’s Crossroads of Global Innovation is ready and waiting for businesses. Now the…
Main Street program reviewed
For someone seeing it for the first time, downtown Fort Dodge can make a big impression. Marcela Uribe came to…
Go and Do: Aug. 21, 2026
In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — Matt Cosgrove River's Edge Discovery Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4…
Area firefighters deal with soaring truck prices
Local fire departments are paying big bucks - sometimes as much as $1 million - for new trucks and waiting…
‘That’s what she would have wanted’
The clouds cleared off Saturday morning to allow a successful bike ride that raised money for trail improvements in honor…
Trooper wounded by accused killer
STUART — An Iowa State Patrol trooper was shot and wounded Tuesday afternoon after confronting a shotgun-toting man who is…
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Local Sports
Wolverines pull away from Gaels
The opening night of the 2026 high school football season left plenty of questions…
Editorial
To benefit their community, bicyclists hit the trails
A large convoy of bicyclists cruised through Fort Dodge and parts of Webster County last weekend. Everyone in the group looked like they were having fun. And while doing so, they made a contribution to the future of their community. The bicycle jaunt was the Prairie Rivers Trail Ride, an annual event in which…
Every industrial facility needs people to keep all of the different systems running so that the…
Elanco, Iowa Central launch innovative apprenticeship program
One of the various construction projects impacting local drivers this summer is north of Fort Dodge,…
Safety is driving construction of roundabouts
Jim Reed and all the other volunteers who make up Shellabration Inc. have done it again.…
Shellabration Inc. is asset to Fort Dodge
Local Lifestyle
Christian artists to take the stage Aug. 30 at Iowa Central
Recording artists Andrew Ripp and Riley Clemmons are set to perform a joint concert…
Local Business
Farm Progress Show will kick off the harvest season
Evergreen Internet announces fiber optic construction project for North and South Twin Lakes
UnityPoint Clinic Norma Schmoker Imaging Center earns ACR accreditations
Search launched for next leader for Calhoun County Economic Development Corporation
Lifestyle Briefs
‘Come From Away’ auditions will be held Aug. 25-26
Auditions for this fall’s production of “Come From Away” will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 25 and 26 at Phillips Historic Auditorium, 1015 Fifth Ave. N. See the details on our Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/1506320377247431. Audition materials are now available on our website at www.comediamusica.com/auditioninfo.
KYL is issuing new library cards
KYL adult programs scheduled
KYL invites kids and teens for fun
News Brief
Man charged with sexually abusing a child
A man has been arrested and accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old child. Eldon Eugene Rose Lanstrum, 29, of Lohrville, was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with two counts of second degree sexual abuse and two counts of lascivious acts with a child. According to criminal complaints filed against Lanstrum, the…
Workshop on helping grieving children is today
Lane reduction set for Fifth Avenue South bridge
Streets near damaged building to be closed
Obituaries
Sharon Pauk
Funeral Mass is 10:30 AM Saturday, Aug. 22, at Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church in Pocahontas. Visitation is 1 hour prior to the Mass time. www.PowersFH.net