Aug. 4, 2004

NEWS: A disaster drill was held in Clarion.

SPORTS: Eagle Grove beat West Lyon 8-7 in softball.

Aug. 4, 1989

NEWS: 139 descendents of Nicholas and Justina Altman Bormann attended a family reunion in St. Joseph.

SPORTS: Anita Harsch won the Fort Dodge Women’s Eclectic golf tournament.

Aug. 4, 1964

NEWS: Barbara Bednarz, 9, of Fort Dodge, won the grand prize in the Playground Pet Fair with her parakeet.

SPORTS: The Fort Dodge Demons baseball team beat the Rolfe Midgets.