PALMER — Deb Erickson, of Pomeroy, does at home what she was demonstrating Sunday at the 42nd Annual Wiegert Prairie Fall Fest at the Wiegert Prairie Farmstead. So that hand cranked butter churn she was using? It’s not for show. “I do this at home, usually about every six months,” ...
In 2012, Mike and Pat Brandrup did something extraordinary. They looked at the farm bought by Mike’s grandparents in the 1930s, the place they called home, and made a big decision. They gave part of it away. Not all of it, just what they called “the most unique, fragile and diverse ...
A lot can happen in 365 days. Jason Drew can attest to that. On Aug. 17, 2025, the Fort Dodge father walked onto the Iowa State Fair Grandstand stage wearing shorts, a ball cap and absolutely no expectation that anyone outside his family would remember his name. He had been plucked from the ...
The new home of the Iowa Central Community College football team achieved its first down Friday morning. But instead of 10 yards to go it will be at least a year of construction time to create the new Center for Sports Performance on the Fort Dodge campus. The $13.9 million building will ...
A Fort Dodge woman had a close call about a year ago when bricks fell from a First Avenue South building just seconds after she drove past it. This week, a magistrate ordered the owner of the building at 1520 First Ave. S. to pay a $750 civil penalty plus court costs for violating the ...
Webster County voters will not be asked to consider a new Public Safety Center referendum this November after local officials agreed to push the proposed vote back one year. In a joint statement released Thursday afternoon, the Webster County Public Safety Authority, Webster County and City ...
