A special visit from the North Pole brought light and holiday cheer to dark and frigid downtown Fort Dodge Monday evening. Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived in a Fort Dodge Police Department vehicle to preside over the lighting of the gazebo in the City Square and of a towering evergreen tree ...

The annual Jennie Williamson concert, a Christmas tradition for many area families, will be on Friday in Fort Dodge. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 400 S. 13th St. The upcoming concert will be the 21st time that Williamson, a Christian music singer, has ...

The annual Webster County 4-H Awards Celebration was held Sunday in the Opera House at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village. This event recognizes 4-H members, volunteers, and supporters. The night is sponsored each year by the Webster County 4-H Foundation and the Webster County Extension ...

City and county road crews throughout Iowa have been busy digging out from under Iowa’s first major snowstorm of the winter season. According to the National Weather Service, the Fort Dodge area received upwards of 15 inches of snow this weekend. To the east, Webster City and Straford ...

For Hawkeye Community Theatre’s December show, a production of “A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol” will run from Wednesday through Saturday. This is an adaptation of the classic “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, featuring fairy tale characters such as the Big Bad Wolf and the ...

The joyous sounds of Christmas carols sung by a choir and played by classical band instrumentation will fill Decker Auditorium as the Iowa Central Community College Music Department presents its annual holiday concerts. “Sounds of the Season” will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday in ...