A section of 12th Street will be closed and water service to multiple customers will be shut off Monday so that utility work can be completed, according to the Fort Dodge Public Works Department. The department reported that 12th Street between Central Avenue and First Avenue North will be ...

The format of the Community Calendar that appears each day on Page 3 of The Messenger is changing so that readers can have more advanced notice of upcoming meetings and events. Today’s calendar lists events for both today and Thursday. Going forward, each day’s calendar will show the ...

Upper Des Moines Opportunity is holding a peanut butter and jelly drive during the month of May. Donations can be delivered to Upper Des Moines Opportunity from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1325 First Ave. S. in Fort Dodge.

An audit of the West Bend-Mallard Community School District has been released by Cornwell, Frideres, Maher & Associates, a Fort Dodge accounting firm. The auditors found that the district’s revenues for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022, were $6,561,542. That is a 9 percent ...

A rummage sale to benefit Gateway to Discovery is now underway. The sale is being held at Hope Sweet Hope Studios, 1900 Fifth Ave. S. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Items for sale ...

BARNUM — People who regularly drive on Iowa Highway 7 near Barnum will be dealing with a few more months of traffic restrictions. A bridge deck overlay project is underway west of Barnum. Jenny Hoskins, a construction engineer for the Iowa Department of Transportation, said the work ...