One of summer’s most enjoyable events gets underway today. The Girls State Softball Tournament will be the highlight of the season for the teams that made it to state-level competition, including the Fort Dodge Dodgers and St. Edmond Gaels. All the teams are outstanding. Making it to this ...

It’s an automatic part of daily life for most people: when they get dressed, they put their socks on. Then they put their shoes on. Clean, dry socks make the feet feel good and shoes are just essential. Putting socks and shoes on is so routine many folks do it without even thinking about ...

Another successful Fort Dodge Ford Lincoln Toyota Webster County tournament is in the books, with more than 120 players competing this past weekend under ideal weather conditions at both the Fort Dodge Country Club and Lakeside Municipal golf courses. This event, now 44 years strong and ...

Times change. Even so there are a few constants in life. One is the pleasure provided by the county fairs that continue to be a highlight of summer in the Hawkeye State. For as far back as anyone who now lives in this part of Iowa can remember, these summer festivals have been ...

Sometime during our childhoods, we all heard something from our parents or grandparents along the lines of “Patience is a virtue” or “Good things come to those who wait.” Recent developments in downtown Fort Dodge give some more credence to that wisdom, and suggest that all of us ...

Whether you spend this Fourth of July picnicking, swimming, boating, enjoying a parade, attending a community celebration, watching a fireworks display or just plain loafing, there should be at least a brief time to pause and reflect on this country’s enduring experiment in constitutional ...