Bringing back the shine
Tyrnan Lara has a fulltime job, but he also likes to stay busy — really busy. The 2018 Fort Dodge Senior High School graduate is a full time mechanical contractor in Des Moines, where he puts a lot of effort and time into it. Lara got exposure to being an owner with Swizzle, as part ...
No paper on Saturday
The Messenger will not be published on Saturday in commemoration of the Independence Day holiday. The weekend paper comes out today. The office is closed as well. Check www.messengernews.net over the weekend for breaking news. The Messenger will resume publication on Monday and the office will be open normal hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Victims of head-on crash named
WEBSTER CITY — The Iowa State Patrol released the names of the two drivers who died in the crash on U.S. Highway 20 in Hamilton County Wednesday. According to the Iowa State Patrol accident report, Joseph Kennedy, 69, of Alden, who was driving a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado pickup, was pronounced dead at the scene. Aaron Scott Gomez, 40, of Harlingen, Texas, was driving a 2020 Ram 1500 pickup. Gomez was taken to the Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City, where he was pronounced deceased. According to the state report, Kennedy was eastbound in the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway ...
Crime comedy coming to Hawkeye stage
Hawkeye Community Theatre will perform a production of “Kill The Critic” next week. The show will run Wednesday through Saturday. Written by Todd Wallinger, “Kill The Critic” is a comedy set in 1955. It is about an up and coming Broadway actor named Trevor Stanton whose attempt to ...