The plant and garden sale hosted by the Fort Dodge Federated Garden Club will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, unless sold out earlier, at the Fort Dodge Lions Den, 731 Expo Drive. The sale will include annuals, perennials, herbs, and vegetables, plus garden-related books, magazines, and ...
Taking a slogan from The Masters, the 43rd annual Friends of St. Edmond Ball will be held on Saturday, May 9 at the Laramar Ballroom. Titled, “A Tradition Like No Other,” co-chairs JB and Laura Bunda and Jake and Jen Crimmins have been putting together a night to remember. “This ...
The third and final indoor concert for the 2026 season by the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Fort Dodge Middle School Auditorium located at 800 N. 32nd St. in Fort Dodge. There is no admission charge, since these concerts are provided by the ...
Jen Fitzgerald is intent on charting a new frontier for the Fort Museum and Frontier Village, located on Kenyon Road in Fort Dodge. As the newly-appointed executive director, she is planning to bring “new life” and a “breath of fresh air” to the community’s history museum. Since ...
Kevin Mason will be at the Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave., to discuss his new book “Retracing the Dragoon Trail in Iowa” at 6 p.m. on May 12. In his book, Mason traces Iowa’s transformation from prairies and wetlands to farms, towns, and transportation networks, beginning ...
The Catholic Daughters Court 216 meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on May 14 at the Corpus Christi Center, 405 N. Eighth St. Mass will be held at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and a speaker. CDA Sister Angela Croonquist will talk about her small business in superfoods, including Spring Creek Honey ...
FONDA — The father/daughter acoustic duo of Josh and Rowyn Nielsen will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Fonda Arts Center. Rowyn Nielsen is in the band Heritage, has played Varina’s town celebration with her family, called The Nielsensations, as well as singing at her church and for ...
The Friends of the Fort Dodge Library announce this spring’s installment of the Brown Bag Briefings. They are held every Thursday at noon beginning April 9 in the meeting room of the Fort Dodge Library. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch. Water, coffee and cookies will be ...
And just like that, everything fell into your lap. That’s what happens sometimes, you know. A situation’s fine, everything’s working out when suddenly, it’s all your responsibility, your problem. It’s on you now, but maybe, as in the new book, “After My Brother Sam” by James ...
There aren’t many things worse than unintentionally sliding on the ice. You know it’s going to happen before it does, and that makes it worse. You slip, recombobulate, whirl your arms and adjust, them boom, down you go anyhow. Slipping on ice is not fun, never mind driving on it — ...
Kick Back for Kids car wash fundraiser is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 5 at Optic Ink, 1210 First Ave. N. All proceeds will go to help kids with school supplies.
Fingers on the second, third, and fourth strings. Placed correctly, that’s how you make a chord on the guitar; the joke is that you only need to know three out of five chords to sing country music. Get ‘em right, and you could be a star — unless you’re a woman and then, as in “Her ...
Katie Finnegan and Matthew Marvin, both of Ypsilanti, Michigan, were married Oct. 19, 2024, at Camp Courageous, Monticello, Iowa, with the Rev. Kendall Meyer officiating. Parents of the couple are Jim and Lori Finnegan, of Otho, and Paul and Sherry Marvin, of Dewitt. Maid of honor was ...
CARMEL, Ind. — Katelynn E. Anderson and Colin J. Flattery, of Carmel, Indiana, are engaged. A Sept. 28, 2024, wedding is planned. Parents of the couple are Jeff and Renee Anderson, of Carmel, Indiana, and Dan and Roxanne Flattery, of Fort Dodge. Anderson is a graduate of St. Theodore ...
Tanner and Kinzi Kampen
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Heather Kolupailo and Joel Hedeen, both of Bloomington, Minnesota, were married May 26, 2024, at W.A. Frost and Co. in St. Paul, Minnesota. Parents of the couple are Rod and Jamie Steininger, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Larry and Kathy Hedeen, of Fort Dodge. The ...
BADGER — Kathy Johanson, of Badger, will celebrate her 75th birthday on May 9. Cards may be sent to her at PO Box 177, Badger, IA 50516. She was born on May 9, 1951.
Eloise Robson, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate her 100th birthday on Sunday. Cards may be sent to her c/o Marcia Robson, 1675 28th St., #308, West Des Moines, IA 50266. Her family includes Marcia Robson, West Des Moines; Barb and Greg Kruthoff, Badger; Richard and Sally Robson, Clive; and ...
MANSON — Randy Hanna, of Manson, will celebrate his 70th birthday on April 25. Cards may be sent to him at 6004 Twin Lakes Road, Manson, IA 50563. His family includes wife Laura, Mindi and Jim Knebel, of Chicago, Illinois; and Amanda and Greg Rees, of Fort Dodge; and his mother, Sharon ...
OTHO — Ed Birnbaum, of Otho, will celebrate his 90th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 25 at the Otho Community Center. Cards may be sent to him at 114 Highway St., Otho, IA 50569. He was born in Kansas, served in the Army and moved to Fort Dodge shortly after. He ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HABHAB — Aubriegha Habhab, of Fort Dodge, a girl, born Monday, March 16, 2026. STOCKDALE — Angela Stockdale, of Fort Dodge, a girl, born Friday, March 20, 2026. MICHALSKI — Sydney Michalski, of Fort Dodge, a boy, born Saturday, ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SORENSON — Chyann and Hunter Sorenson, of Gowrie, a girl, born Saturday, March 14, 2026. STURTZ — Karlee and Connor Sturtz, of Fort Dodge, a boy, born Saturday, March 14, 2026. IOWA SPECIALTY HOSPITAL AGUIRRE ZACARIAS — Ana ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ALHAMEED — Sidney Alhameed, of Fort Dodge, a boy, born Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. LAWTON — Bryn Lawton, of Fort Dodge, a girl, born Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. BLOOM-MARKOV — Caley and Mikhail Bloom-Markov, of Fort Dodge, a boy, ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MORGAN — Victoria and Tate Morgan, of Eagle Grove, a girl, Chloe Gayle, born Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. MISCHKE — Courtney Mischke, of Fort Dodge, a boy, born Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. HABHAB — Savana Habhab, of Fort Dodge, a girl, ...
