Fort Dodge Women’s Connection will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Tea Thyme, 2021 Sixth Ave. S. Reservations must be made by Friday by calling Kathy Meinders at 515-408-7981 or Marcia Johnson at 515-571-5443. Cost is $15 inclusive. The speaker will be Kathleen Bishop of Lodi, Wisconsin. Her ...

SAC COUNTY — A crash around 7:29 a.m. on Thursday claimed the life of a Wall Lake man, according to an accident report from the Iowa State Patrol. Jeremy Fank, 57, of Carroll, was driving a 2013 Dodge Ram northbound on Union Avenue and attempted to pass a semitrailer. He saw a vehicle ...

A disabled veterans deer tag will be available for the first time during the 2025-2026 hunting season, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. To qualify for the new tag, hunters must be a resident of Iowa and have served in the armed forces of the United States on federal ...

Images of a mountain lion with a neck collar in northwest Iowa have been circulating over social media in the past few days, according to the state Department of Natural Resources. The subadult male, estimated to be less than 2 years old, was collared as part of an ongoing research project by ...

The Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave., is holding a STEM Drop In from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday in the library’s large meeting room. Children ages 6 years old and up with their caregivers are invited. Children can try their hand at putting together dinosaur bones, see how motion and ...

A group of volunteers will spend part of Thursday afternoon getting Fort Dodge looking good for the Downtown Country Jam on Saturday. A cleanup sponsored by the Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance and Main Street Fort Dodge will take place between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. About 80 volunteers are ...