As anyone with a passing knowledge of civics knows, Iowa has three branches of government, each with a different role. To put it in the simplest terms, the legislature writes the laws, the governor ensures that the laws are carried out and the courts decide if the laws are legal and ...

Long before a new housing development or business expansion is announced to the public, a lot of work has to get done behind the scenes. The people who do that work are rarely known to the public. But in Fort Dodge, if someone were to sort through City Council meeting minutes and other ...

The annual Progress edition wraps up with the Agriculture section in today’s edition of The Messenger. It provides a comprehensive look at how a wide array of developments in our region are shaping the agricultural tomorrow. While every issue of this newspaper is filled with articles, ...

The basketball courts at H.C. Meriwether Park in Fort Dodge have long been some of the most popular ones in the city. The courts have been the site of neighborhood pick-up games, contests held as part of the Juneteenth celebration that is now an annual tradition and the old Pleasant Valley ...

Located south of the Fort Dodge Regional Airport terminal and parking lot are the hangars where airplanes are stored. There will be a lot of construction activity in that area this spring and summer. Already, crews from Jensen Builders Ltd., of Fort Dodge, are building three new ...

The sporting event that will take place Sunday evening has essentially no equal. Sure, there are the Olympics, the World Series, the Stanley Cup finals and the NBA championships. The excitement of those events are all spread over a number of days. Sunday’s Super Bowl, however, will pack all ...