10 Years ago: April 3, 2009

NEWS: Tate & Lyle laid off 56 of its 90 employees at the company’s plant west of Fort Dodge.

SPORTS: Iowa Central beat Marshalltown 5-1 and 8-2 in softball.

25 Years ago: April 3, 1994

NEWS: Richard Snyder qualified for the Principal Financial Group’s Premier Producer Program for 1993.

SPORTS: Matt Hayes, 11, of Fort Dodge, hit a “birdie” and a hole-in-one at the Fort Dodge Country Club. The birdie was a robin, his shot went into the pond, he re-teed and got a hole-in-one.

50 Years ago: April 3, 1969

NEWS: John O. Mecklenburg was the new chairman of The Salvation Army advisory board in Fort Dodge.

SPORTS: The New York Knicks beat the Baltimore Bullets 115-108.