To some, Juneteenth may seem like a badly spelled word or an incorrect pronunciation. For Black Americans, Juneteenth means freedom. The name is a combination of the words June and 19th. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day when the last slaves in the former Confederacy were ...

Leave it to an Iowa girl to create a fun-loving, frolicking farce about women and friendship, the guys they love, and, never forget, the wine. What’s a girls’ weekend without a little wine? Des Moines playwright Karen Schaeffer is the author of ‘Girls Weekend,’ the sometimes ...

History will come alive with the ‘Tall Tales of the Frontier’ this June during the 2023 Frontier Days celebration at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village. “We’re bringing in things from the past,” said event chairman Terry Cook. “We have a Civil War reenactment group coming in ...

The roar of musket fire shattered the early morning quiet on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775, and eight Americans fell dead. It was the first battle of the Revolutionary War and they were the first American soldiers to die for their country. Unfortunately, they would not be the last. ...

The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will perform at the annual Memorial Day ceremonies again this year on Monday, May 29, 2023. This event, sponsored by the Fort Dodge Veteran’s Council, will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial Park on the northwest corner of the Kennedy ...

The blues are back in Fort Dodge. For one night only on May 20, the newly-renovated Phillips Auditorium will come alive with the sounds of the blues. Soulful, energetic, and so well-needed after years of living in a pandemic-driven world, the Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association is breaking ...