Fort Dodge Senior High School students will get creepy and kooky for the school’s 99th annual musical. The Dodgers will showcase their talent for the production of “The Addams Family.” Over 40 students will get on stage and over 40 more will be a part of the crew and orchestra that ...
Iowa Central Community College brings the curtain down on its inaugural Performing Arts Series on Saturday, May 2. The renowned Anthem Lights acapella vocal group visits Decker Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. that day. Tickets are on sale through www.iccc.edu/tickets ranging from $20 to $57. The top ...
A formal ball set for April in Fort Dodge will raise money for a state group that supports police officers and their families when an officer dies in the line of duty. The event is the Northwest Iowa Thin Blue Line Gala. It will be held April 25 in the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. N. It ...
For anyone wanting a taste of cuisine from another part of the world, here’s your chance. The youth exchange program that annually sends students and chaperones to Iowa’s sister state of Kosovo will be holding a Taste of Kosovo Dinner and Fundraiser on April 11 at Willow Ridge in Fort ...
The Friends of the Fort Dodge Library announce this spring’s installment of the Brown Bag Briefings. They are held every Thursday at noon in the meeting room of the Fort Dodge Library. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch. Water, coffee and cookies will be provided. The ...
FONDA — The father/daughter acoustic duo of Josh and Rowyn Nielsen will perform at 3 p.m. on April 26 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 ...
ROWAN — Rowan’s Night of Country Music will be held at 6:30 p.m. today in the Iowa River Players Theater at 901 Broadway St., Rowan. Doors open at 6. Freewill offering with proceeds going to help with the upkeep on the Rowan Iowa River Players Theater.
The Community Health Center will hold a fundraiser and celebration at 5:30 p.m. today at The Laramar, 710 First Ave. N. Includes dinner, live and silent auctions, and music by Scott Kirkhart. Tickets are $45 in advance (online at https://www.chcfd.com/ or at the Community Health Center, 126 N. ...
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 ...
LAKE VIEW —After recently being recognized as Iowa’s 2019 “Outstanding Event” by the Iowa Tourism Office and Travel Federation of Iowa, the Stone Pier Summer Concert Series is once again ready to rock the boats this summer on Black Hawk Lake. In its ninth season, the concert series ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Ruth Engels, of Fort Dodge, will celebrate her 101st birthday on May 4. Cards may be sent to her at the Marian Home, 2400 Sixth Ave. N., Fort Dodge, IA 50501. Her family includes Carol Royster, of Bettendorf; Cathy and Ralph Sonnickson, of Fort Dodge; Jim Engels, of Yuma Arizona; Mark ...
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, ...
UNITYPOINT HEALTH — TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MARKOV — Savannah and Alexander Markov, of Fort Dodge, a boy, Marlowe Thomas Markov, born Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. Grandparents are Rick and Natalia Harrington, of Duncombe, and Yuri and Renae Rowley, of Manning. HUMLICEK — Gabrielle ...
