Aug. 6, 2004

NEWS: The Fort Dodge Board of Adjustment split on whether the structure attached to a home at 300 N. Ninth St. was a planter or an unenclosed porch.

SPORTS: Fort Dodge beat Sioux City East 8-0 in softball.

Aug. 6, 1989

NEWS: Laura Bice attended Space Academy at Huntsville, Ala.

SPORTS: Jean Mowry, of Webster City, won a gold medal in the adult 40-49 female golf division of the Iowa Games with a scratch score of 75.

Aug. 6, 1964

NEWS: Mary Lou Mericle, of Vincent, and Niki Telleen, of Gowrie, were crowned queen and king of the 4-H Achievement Show and the Webster County Soil Conservation District.

SPORTS: The Fort Dodge Demons baseball team beat Gowrie 9-3.