May 7, 2005

NEWS: Officials were hoping that boaters would return to good safety habits on the water.

SPORTS: Fort Dodge beat Boone 9-2 in boys tennis.

May 7, 1990

NEWS: Dave Lande spoke to students at the Alternative Education Center in Fort Dodge about the value of finishing high school.

SPORTS: The Fort Dodge 18-and-under boys volleyball team finished third in the five-team Iowa City Hawkeye Challenge.

May 7, 1965

NEWS: Loren Mikelson, of Hardy, invented and applied for a patent for a fertilizer attachment for discs.

SPORTS: The Fort Dodge team in the national volleyball tournament in Omaha was the youngest ever to compete in a national volleyball tournament.