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. All the teams are outstanding. Making it to this final event of the ...

It’s an automatic part of daily life for many people: when you get dressed, you put your socks on. Clean, dry socks make the feet feel good. Putting socks on is so routine many folks do that without even thinking about it. Unfortunately, there are children in the Fort Dodge community who ...

When someone joins the United States military they essentially volunteer to give their lives, if necessary, for our country. Fortunately, few have to make the supreme sacrifice. But they perform hard work and selfless service that goes beyond what those of us who have never served can possibly ...

There will be some angels riding throughout the Fort Dodge area atop some growling, roaring hogs on Saturday. To be clear, winged residents of heaven will not be riding livestock. These hogs will be Harley-Davidson motorcycles and the angels aboard them will be some of our relatives, friends ...

The day after Christmas in 2007 may well have been the worst day ever in the lives of Kayla Jones’ family. The Fort Dodge 15-year-old died that day in a car crash south of the city. The daughter of Heather and Mark Farrell and Todd and Becky Jones was a sophomore at Fort Dodge Senior High ...

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 ...