St. Edmond Catholic School started a new program recognizing its middle schoolers. The school challenged them to be the “I” in KIND and are recognizing a male and female student from sixth, seventh and eighth grade each month. The St. Edmond definition of being kind is someone who makes ...

An Iowa High School Music Association State Marching Band Festival will be held Oct. 12 at Dodger Stadium. Twenty bands from throughout central Iowa will participate in the festival. Area bands competing include: Fort Dodge Senior High, Algona, Bishop Garrigan, Humboldt and Pocahontas Area. ...

Fort Dodge Senior High hosted its annual College Application Day on Oct. 4. One-hundred thirty members of the Class of 2020 participated. During College Application Day, students apply to one of the post-secondary schools they are considering. Representatives from Trio at Iowa State ...

Community Christian School has limited space available for the 3- and 4-year-old preschool programs for the 2019-20 school year. Four-year-old preschool is free due to the Iowa preschool program grant. Scholarships are available for the 3-year-old program if needed. The preschool ...

Simpson College student Leah Gibbons of Harcourt earned President’s List honors for the 2019 spring semester, the college recently announced. The graduate of Southeast Valley High School achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-point average for the semester, one of just 113 students to achieve the honor.

Community Christian School has awarded its Alumni Scholarship to three high school seniors who graduated from CCS as eighth-graders. The recipients are Collin Ellsbury, Christopher Hatton and Juliet Thompson. Each are 2019 graduates of Fort Dodge Senior High. The scholarships were ...