To say that the late Donna Monkelien liked Oleson Park would be putting it mildly. Her name and her love of the sprawling park on the south side of Fort Dodge will be remembered for decades to come thanks to the newly opened shelter in the park which is named after her. A $183,412.93 gift she ...

There’s more than corn and soybeans growing in Iowa’s rich soil. Iowa’s farmers grow staggering amounts of corn and soybeans, so it makes sense that those crops are the first ones many people associate with the state’s farms. But there is also a surprising amount of fruits and ...

The 2022 Girls State Softball Tournament did not end the way the Fort Dodge Dodgers and their fans had hoped that it would, but it still showcased our community and its outstanding sports complex. The fact that Fort Dodge has hosted the tournament for more than 50 years is a tribute to the ...

The Manson Northwest Webster Community School District schools are obviously closed in mid-July, but there is an outdoor learning area in use that will continue to have an impact when classes resume in the fall. It consists of raised planting beds built by students in the district’s ag ...

People who like to walk, run or ride their bicycle in the northeastern part of Fort Dodge will have a new safer location for doing all that. That new option will be a 10-foot wide paved trail on the east side of North 22nd Street between roughly the 1600 block and the 2500 block. This will be ...

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 ...