The first Eggs and Issues forum of the 2026 legislative session will be held Jan. 31 in Fort Dodge. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Bioscience and Health Sciences building at Iowa Central Community College, 1 Triton Circle. It was postponed from Jan. 24. Eggs and Issues is sponsored by the college and the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance.
The first Eggs and Issues forum of the 2026 legislative session will be held Jan. 31 in Fort Dodge. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Bioscience and Health Sciences building at Iowa Central Community College, 1 Triton Circle. It was postponed from Jan. 24. Eggs and Issues is sponsored by the college and the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance.
ALGONA — A 5-year-old who authorities say was taken out of Kossuth County in violation of a custody order was found in Wisconsin Monday, according to the Kossuth County Sheriff’s Office. The child was returned to the custody of the mother in Kossuth County. The child’s father and paternal grandparents face criminal charges, sheriff’s deputies reported. The mother had temporary physical custody of the child as a result of a June 2025 court order. In September 2025, a court issued an arrest warrant for the father, Douglas J. Roth, 33, formerly of Titonka, because he failed ...
Multiple area residents received degrees from Iowa State University in Ames at the end of the fall 2025 semester. They are listed below by home town. Algona: Ava R. Bartolo, Kaylyn A. Meyers, Jackson Springer Badger: Klaire Adams Bradgate: Dane T. Ford Eagle Grove: Emma J. Thul Fonda: Joseph W. Ricke Fort Dodge: Malaney Butrick, Sophie K. Dooley, Ryan M. Duckett, Brayden D. Johll, Alexia L. Kvale, Lauren E. Mickelson, Brett Thompson, Jake Wagner Harcourt: Samuel A. Sytsma Humboldt: Michelle D. Cox, Allison N. Hoag, Jordan D. Jensen, Eric J. Wittrock Lake City; Makelsie ...
Nine area residents graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake at the end of the fall 2025 semester. They are Charnell Cox-Robinson, Fort Dodge; Angela Dencklau, Fort Dodge; Rachell Fairman, Fort Dodge; Audrey Gochenouer, Humboldt; Reagan Lee, Humboldt; Lizbeth Lopez, Humboldt; Arrin Lura, Duncombe; Tayler Streeter, Fort Dodge; and Chloe Wertz, Fort Dodge.
Andrew Bianchi, of Fort Dodge, graduated from the University of St. Mary in Leavenworth, Kansas, at the end of the fall 2025 semester. He received a doctorate in physical therapy.