FARNHAMVILLE — For generations, a flag has waved over Reading Township Cemetery as a quiet guardian for all of the veterans interred on the grounds. But the base of that flagpole has been crumbling for years due to time and weather. Mike Ewing, commander for American Legion Post 510, ...

Lauren Jones listened and absorbed her surroundings when she was a youngster, and that helped form her love for music. “I became involved in band when I was in middle school,” said the Fort Dodge Senior High senior. “I was mostly inspired by my dad, because he played his drums around ...

AMES — The following area students were named to the Dean’s List at Iowa State University in Ames for the fall semester. Algona Ava R. Bartolo, Violet K. Bode, Kaitlyn Burns, Ashley R. Cantu, Jackson A. Cecil, Audi R. Crooks, Ava Eisenbarth, Sam Greteman, Brooklyn P. Helmers, Ava Hough, ...

There is always a need for donated blood in northern Iowa, according to those who run blood banks. A fatal bus crash in Calhoun County involving the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball team last week combined with a couple of incidents in Iowa and South Dakota have made the need more ...

USG Fort Dodge has announced that the company’s Community Foundation Grant for 2025 has been awarded to Almost Home Humane Society of North Central Iowa, a nonprofit animal shelter that provides a safe refuge for homeless dogs and cats, and works to place them in permanent, loving ...