When about 150 Special Olympics athletes enter Dodger Stadium this morning for their track and field competition, some of their biggest supporters won’t be present. Tim Flaherty, Donna Gutknecht, Charles Johnson, Laurie Mullen and Lis Ristau will not be in the stadium. But the dedication ...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is encouraging eligible farm owners to apply for the 2022 Century and Heritage Farm Program. The program is sponsored by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and recognizes families that have owned ...

In January, February and March this year, the Domestic and Sexual Assault Outreach Center served 346 clients with 1,041 bed nights, which means nights spent in its shelter. Compared to last year’s first quarter, those numbers have increased by about 14 percent. Although the Domestic and ...

It would be hard to imagine 21st-century America without pets. They contribute wonderfully to the happiness and well-being of people of all ages. In a perfect world, every pet would at all times be a welcome and loved part of someone’s home. Unfortunately, reality falls short of that ...

It has been nearly a decade since the auditorium at the former Phillips Middle School was regularly filled with the sounds of music and laughter. The site of plays, musicals, concerts and the occasional speech by presidential candidates making the rounds in advance of the Iowa caucuses has been ...

There are books just waiting to be read that are instead gathering dust on shelves and in boxes throughout Fort Dodge. Local residents now have a chance to get those books into the hands of eager young readers. The Fort Dodge Community Schools Foundation is seeking books that can be given ...