ROCKWELL CITY — Marvin Blair, of Lake City, is the grand marshal of the 2025 Calhoun County Expo which runs through Sunday. For more than 35 years, Blair has been a steadfast supporter of Calhoun County 4-H. Whether sitting in the shade by the livestock barns with his signature tea jug ...

Community Health Center of Fort Dodge, in partnership with Upper Des Moines Opportunity, is inviting local families to its annual Back-to-School Block Party from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Aug. 5 at 126 N. 10th St. Held during National Health Center Week (Aug. 4–10), this event highlights the Health ...

DAYTON — Drivers traveling on Iowa Highway 175 between Dayton and Stratford will have to find an alternate route beginning Monday. The Iowa highway between Webster County Road P70 (Taylor Ave) to Water Street in Hamilton County will be closed for resurfacing work on the bridge over the Des ...

ROCKWELL CITY — Nearly 80 people attended a water quality and soil health field day that Calhoun County Farm Bureau Director James Hepp held on July 2 at his farm near Rockwell City. Hepp partnered with the Iowa Learning Farms and the Calhoun County Soil and Water Conservation District ...

A fire caused significant damage to the former Federal Building in downtown Fort Dodge Thursday. No one was injured. The cause of the fire remained under investigation Thursday evening. “We’re going to investigate it pretty hard,” Fire Chief Matt Price said. “The PD is going to ...

When it was built in 1959, the Federal Building provided one location for basically all of the United States government entities at work in Fort Dodge. In its heyday, it housed the Postal Service, Social Security Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration, Mine ...