Over the last year, Fort Dodge has lost at least a century’s worth of experience, knowledge and dedication. That loss is a result of a long line of municipal employees recently retiring. That list includes, but is not limited to, these individuals: • Vickie Reeck, community and economic ...
Fort Dodge’s Boys of Summer, now in the autumn of their years, still remember vividly those days of the 1950s and 1960s when they proudly wore the uniform of the Demons baseball team. A lot of life – good and bad - has happened to the hundreds of boys who were coached by the beloved ...
Area families are already beginning to think about the items that will be needed to send young people back to school properly equipped and looking good. According to the National Retail Federation, families with children in school will spend about $38.8 billion nationwide on back-to-school ...
To the editor: I spent last week in central Nebraska and I noticed that the roads are in far better condition than roads here in Iowa and undivided highway speed limits are 65 miles per hour. Nebraskans also pay less in gasoline and diesel taxes than we do in Iowa. Before the oil embargo of ...
My predecessor in Iowa’s Third Congressional District was known as “a watchdog to the Treasury.” During 13 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Harold Royce (H.R.) Gross kept a tight-fisted grip on the federal purse strings, pulling no punches on pork-barrel ...
The 2025 Girls State Softball Tournament did not end exactly the way the St. Edmond Gaels and their fans had hoped 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 ...