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‘I-Spy Iowa’s Bounty’

As student field trips and tours enter the Matt Cosgrove River’s Edge Discovery Center, they will soon be greeted by vivid paintings of Iowa flowers, animals, and birds created by local artists. Deidre Miller-Clay, Fort Dodge Senior High art teacher, and her daughter, Saiya Noborikawa, ...

Pair charged with identity theft

A Tennessee man and Iowa woman have been charged with identity theft after trying to withdraw nearly $40,000 Thursday from Availa Bank in Fort Dodge, according to criminal complaints filed against them. A Fort Dodge police officer responded to a call at the bank, located at 130 N. 29th St., ...

Celebrating hope

Fort Dodge residents gathered at Meriwether Park in Pleasant Valley on Saturday to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday. The event featured a car show, local vendors and a basketball tournament on the newly renovated courts. Murphy Washington, a member of the Pleasant Valley Awareness ...

Dogs strut their stuff at FD Kennel Club show

If you were walking through the Webster County Fairgrounds auditorium on two legs this past weekend, you were outnumbered. That is, unless you were a dog performing a trick at the Fort Dodge Kennel Club Dog Show. Hundreds of people piled in both Saturday and Sunday to show off their ...