As the Fort Dodge community came together to salute the nation’s veterans Tuesday morning, one group of current service members was given special recognition. About 1,900 members of the Iowa Army National Guard, including soldiers of the Fort Dodge based Headquarters and Headquarters ...

MANSON — Of the approximately 49,000 World War II veterans still living in the U.S., including the 288 still living in Iowa, one is a 1944 graduate of Manson High School. That veteran is Don Haupts, of Manson. His son, Bob Haupts, introduced his father during the Veterans Day program ...

A Fort Dodge family with 78 years of experience in the vehicle business is handing off its dealership to another local family that also has decades of experience selling cars and trucks. The Shinkat family, which owned Shimkat Motor Co. since 1947, has finalized an agreement with the ...

Marching band has been a love that Makinley Nore won’t soon forget. As her final days wind down as a senior at Fort Dodge Senior High, Nore will miss the time with the band. “I am definitely going to miss marching band the most,” Nore said. “I think that marching band ...