An abandoned house was destroyed in a suspicious fire that sent a huge cloud of black smoke billowing over the northwest side of Fort Dodge Friday evening. The fire at 424 First Ave. N.W. was reported at 6:30 p.m. The house is located at the top of a steep hill at the dead end of First ...

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a plan championed by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley that will help hospitals like UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center. It is called the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration. Grassley, a Republican, said it “gives rural hospitals a better ...

The primary election on Tuesday features a high profile race for the Republican nomination for governor, but when it comes to the local races, Webster County voters won’t have a whole lot to do in the voting booth. There are no primary races for local legislative or courthouse races, And ...

Iowa remained in the Union during the Civil War of 1861-1865, and thousands of Iowans served in the Union Army. Two Union Army units were established in Fort Dodge. The first was a cavalry unit that was formed in August 1861. It was accepted into federal military service that fall and ...

Long before there was an American Legion or a Veterans of Foreign Wars, former members of the Union Army had their own organization. It was called the Grand Army of the Republic, and it had a post in Fort Dodge. It was called the Fort Donelson Post 236. It was chartered on Sept. 28, ...