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FD Farmers Market offers fresh food

Editorial

Produce doesn’t get much fresher than when it is picked from a garden, put in a box or basket and driven a short distance to a nearby market. That is the recipe for success for the Fort Dodge Area Farmers Market. This is the 42nd year for the market. This year’s version will debut on Wednesday. It will then be held every Wednesday and Saturday through Oct.17. The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. On both Wednesdays and Saturdays, the Farmers Market will be held in the parking lot of Graham Collision, 11 N. 25th St. The ...

You can get away from it all close to home

Editorial

Summer is the time for vacations and the all-American roadtrip. Big cities full of attractions and spectacular natural wonders like the Grand Canyon await. But area residents actually don’t have to go far to enjoy tranquillity in the great outdoors. Webster County is home to two big state parks: Brushy Creek State Recreation Area and Dolliver Memorial State Park. Brushy Creek State Recreation Area, on the eastern side of the county, features a 690-acre lake for fishing, swimming and kayaking. It also has three campgrounds, miles of trails and features for people who bring their ...

Trail will lead kids into magical world of books

Editorial

Children walking in some woods in John F. Kennedy Memorial Park may come face-to-face with The Lorax or The Bar-ba-loot. That’s nothing to be concerned about, however. Both critters are completely harmless. In fact, they are not even alive. The creatures from a Dr. Seuss tale have been recreated as wooden sculptures as a part of a newer feature in the Children’s Forest at the park north of Fort Dodge. All of the character sculptures were created by chainsaw artist Gary Keenan. They were set up to create a kind of literary attraction called the Story Walk Trail. It is a ...

Summer fun is here in the Fort Dodge area

Editorial

The long days of summer are upon us, with seemingly endless hours of daylight to be enjoyed. In fact, at least on weekends, you might as well call them the long, lazy days of summer. Locally, there will be plenty of things to do on those summer weekends. This weekend is loaded with things to do. The Badger Lake Dragon Boat Bash is Friday and Saturday. The Blanden Art Festival and the Oakland Cemetery Walk are both on Saturday. Plus, the Calhoun County community of Knoke will celebrate its 125th anniversary on Saturday. Lehigh River Days will be back from June 19 to June 21. It will ...

Wanted 3 students remembered at FDSH graduation

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I’m writing this in regards to the graduation for the Class of 2026 for the Fort Dodge Senior High. Three of the classmates were not there. Two died in a car accident. The other one was murdered. My granddaughter, who was their friend, wanted to say something about them at graduation. She asked the principal, and at first she said yes, then she said no. How sad my granddaughter couldn’t say something about them. She also asked about letting some balloons go to celebrate them and was told no. Guess what — we released them anyway. Some other people in the stands ...

A salute to Jim Lloyd for a life well-lived

Local Columns

It was May 2010 and veterans who flew to Washington on Fort Dodge’s first Honor Flight were gathered on a sunny morning at the World War II Memorial to pay respects to their fallen comrades. One of them was my dad, Walter Stevens, who served in the European Theater. He was accompanied ...