WEBSTER CITY — For the 40th year, Webster City invites the Doodle Bug Club of America to take their scooters out of garages, storage units and backyards to travel to the town where it all began. Webster City. Gerald Huisman, president of the club which has members from all over the ...
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said he will continue to push for better markets for Iowa farmers and improved water quality in the state if voters return him to office in November. And during a visit to Fort Dodge Tuesday, the Republican said he will seek to expand a program that ...
Building and creating on stage is something Amelia Stephan has enjoyed doing and it’s also her life’s pursuit. The senior has enjoyed her three-plus years at Fort Dodge Senior High School and is desiring to pursue a career in architecture as her college career path will begin at Iowa State University in the College of Design. Being an architect has been a goal of Stephan’s since she talked to The Messenger in the fourth grade. “One of my goals for the future is to be an architect,” Stephan told The Messenger as a fourth grader. “I know that I'm going to have to work hard ...
The members of the Iowa Barn Foundation (IBF) aren’t given to flights of fancy, but they’re immodestly calling this fall’s 26th annual statewide barn tour, “the world’s largest.” The tour showcases restored, historic barns across Iowa, including the 105-year-old barn near ...
Neven Conrad will once again be a regular presence at Fort Dodge City Council meetings. The former councilman was appointed city attorney Monday evening by a unanimous vote of the council. “Welcome back Neven,” Mayor Dave Flattery said. “Glad to have you.” He replaces Mark ...
Another project has been added to the long list of work that has drivers navigating a maze of orange road cones throughout Fort Dodge. On Monday, the City Council awarded a contract for replacing a troublesome storm sewer along South Seventh Street that has caused two sinkholes in the last couple of years. Rasch Construction, of Fort Dodge, was awarded a $98,155 contract for the job. In a report to the council, City Engineer Austin Morrow wrote that in the spring of 2024 a sinkhole opened in Seventh Street between Fourth Avenue South and Meriwether Drive. The cause was traced to a ...
