Eight Webster County 4-H members competed at the State Shooting Sports Match in Searsboro at Big Springs Shooting Complex on Aug. 29. 4-H Safety and Education in Shooting Sports (SESS) uses skills and disciplines of shooting to assist young people and their leaders in obtaining knowledge and ...

School is canceled Thursday in the Fort Dodge Community School District due to an outage of phone and internet services after a cyber attack today. The district started experiencing an outage of the utilities in buildings early Wednesday morning after a cyber attack locked down its servers, ...

1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I have participated in all aspects of band and choir, Performers Club (fall play and speech), the spring musical, Dodger Senate, soccer, cross country, National Honor Society and Storytellers. 2. What academic accomplishment are ...

The Fort Dodge High School Alumni Association has awarded five scholarships to 2020 graduates. Serena Leith Serena Leith is the recipient of the Cecil and Ernie Zuerrer Family Scholarship. Her father, James Leith, was a 1991 graduate of Fort Dodge Senior High and was involved in band ...

Little Crusaders Daycare, located at Community Christian School, opened its doors in January 2019. The daycare has received a grant of $9,798 from Linking Families and Community to expand the space and have a separate 3’s and 4’s childcare room. The grant included monies to pay for ...

Editor’s note: This Q&A features high-performing seniors from Fort Dodge Senior High and St. Edmond High School throughout the school year. 1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I am a part of Dodger Senate, band, choir, jazz band, Performer’s Club, tennis, ...

The Students in the Arts Foundation has awarded six $500 scholarships in partnership with Iowa Central Community College for the 2020-2021 school year. St. Edmond Catholic High School Jonah Hind received a theatre scholarship. “Johah has an incredible future in the performing arts,” ...

Iowa Central Community College has announced its Dean’s List for the spring 2020 semester. Listed below are area students who made the list, by town: Algona: Gregory Flower, Elizah Salvatore, Wade Toombs; Badger: Allyson Paeper, Ayrton Peterson; Belmond: Leopoldo Caballero and Andrew Soma; ...

1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I am involved in Dodger Senate, Big Dodger, Little Dodger, Silver Cord, Ambassadors and AmeriCorps. 2. What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? I would say that I am most proud of AmeriCorps. This year was the first year we ...

1 What programs and activities do you participate in? I am involved in National Honor Society and Silver Cord. 2 What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? I am most proud of keeping my GPA above 3.5 all three years so far. 3What’s your best piece of advice for younger ...

1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I am in choir, dance team, spring musical, Link Crew/Ambassadors, Health Occupation Students of America, and National Honor Society. 2. What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? I am most proud of being accepted into National ...

1. What programs and activities do you participate in? I have participated in musical, show choir, National Honor Society, student council, golf, cheer and cross country. 2. What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? I am most proud of my GPA. 3. What’s your best piece of ...

Fort Dodge Senior High students prepared 36 entries for the Iowa High School Speech Association District Individual Speech Contest held Feb. 29. Thirty-one Fort Dodge Senior High performers received Division I ratings and will move on to the State Individual Speech Contest on March 14. ...

The Fort Dodge Community School District has announced its students and employee of the month for March. This program recognizes one elementary, one middle school and one high school student, as well as one staff member monthly for exceeding expectations. Evie Piton is the Elementary Student ...

Thirty-eight area piano students, involving seven piano teachers, participated in the Iowa Music Teachers Association district pre-college piano auditions on Feb. 1, held at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge. Students are grouped into levels according to age. In each level, a ...

Candyland Carnival is a new public event hosted by Community Christian School, 2406 9 1/2 Ave. S. Candyland Carnival is a family focused, carnival-style extravaganza, utilizing virtually every room in the school building. It will be held March 7, from 4-7 p.m. Games, prizes, photo ...

The following kindergarten through 12th-grade students have been chosen by their instructor during the winter term for excelling in the performing and visual arts programs and recognized by the Students in the Arts Foundation. Elementary Art and Music St. Edmond School ART: Addison ...

On Feb. 8, members of the Fort Dodge Senior High speech team attended the Iowa High School Speech Association State Large Group Speech Contest. They performed the 12 acts that qualified for state through the district competition last month. Eight of the acts received Division I ratings with one ...

1. What programs and activities do you participate in? Golf, volleyball, choir, National Honor Society, and Respect for Life. 2. What academic accomplishment are you most proud of? Being chosen for National Honor Society. 3.What’s your best piece of advice for younger ...