Anyone who wants an example of all the good things a rural county with a relatively small population can do should look no farther than Pocahontas County. It’s a community that’s making strides in housing, worker training and quality of life issues. Enhancing all of that is the active ...

Enough food to feed 23,000 children came out of the St. Edmond Catholic School elementary gym this week. That food, in the form of packaged ingredients, was made by 168 students of the school, working in two shifts. Each shift spent 45 minutes bagging up rice, freeze dried vegetables, and ...

It's an all too common sight on Iowa roads: a driver with a phone pressed to their ear, chatting away while their vehicle weaves in and out of its lane. Such action could be the beginning of a crash and, in a worst case scenario, a tragedy. Just how bad is the problem? Iowa State Patrol ...

On the northwest side of the roundabout intersection of 12th Street and First Avenue South there is an empty lot. There are a few trees there and beneath the snow the grass awaits the spring. It’s a nice little green spot in the center of town. And it’s about to become a lot more ...

There has been a Catholic school system in Fort Dodge for almost as long as this town has been in existence. There are other towns in the area The Messenger serves that can make similar claims. Catholic education got underway in Fort Dodge about 160 years ago. The first Catholic school came ...

Hopefully lots of area residents will be gathering around their computer screens on the night of Feb. 5 to celebrate together, while remaining apart, and in the process raise money to support the vital mission of UnityPoint Health hospice services. Of all the health care services available, ...