If Trivial Pursuit ever invented a game involving facts about St. Edmond High School, you’d want your partner to be Pat Hassett. You couldn’t lose. Hassett, a member of the Class of 1960, has been chronicling the history of the Catholic high school for 45 years, operating from a ...

The organization called 100 Women Who Care may be one of the newer philanthropic groups in Fort Dodge, but it is capable of making a big impact. It made such an impact this week by making a donation of about $10,000 to Golden Day Adult Day, which strives to provide meaningful programs to ...

A fun way to support a local organization that serves the disabled returns to a live, in-person format tonight. It’s called A Night for LifeWorks. It was a regular tradition in Fort Dodge for years, providing entertainment and raising money for LifeWorks Community Services, which provides ...

Voting for next Tuesday’s general election is actually already underway. As always, there are many important matters on the ballot this year. Nationwide, the races on next week’s ballot will decide which party will control Congress. Here in Iowa, we will pick a governor, attorney ...

Unlike most holidays, Halloween really has no serious purpose. It’s primarily an opportunity for harmless, child-oriented fun. Costumes, trick-or-treat activities and an opportunity to engage in make-believe combine to make Halloween a favorite of youngsters and those still young at ...

Spending a couple hours scooping rice and other ingredients into plastic bags may not seem like a way to change the world for the better. And it may not sound like much fun, either. But when all that scooping and filling of bags is part of a worldwide effort to get food to the hungry, it is ...