Dec. 19, 2004

NEWS: The Fort Dodge Daybreak Rotary Club’s Da’Dragons team was invited to be the first team to represent the United States in an international race in Europe.

SPORTS: Emmetsburg won the Fort Dodge Invitational wrestling championship with 194.5 points.

Dec. 19, 1989

NEWS: Jeff Riley and Stacey Bergman won first place in the Fort Dodge Elks Club essay contest on “Our Flag: What it Means to Me.”

SPORTS: Fort Dodge beat St. Edmond 75-71 in a junior varsity boys basketball game.

Dec. 19, 1964

NEWS: More than 2,000 people attended the opening of the newly built YMCA in Fort Dodge.

SPORTS: Butch Lau bowled a 234 game in the Moonshine league.