TWIN LAKES — A local winter season rite of passage is set for Twin Lakes again. The wildly popular TWINterfest event, presented by Fareway Meat and Grocery, is set for Saturday,, and will feature a slate of fun that could rival any Winter Olympic Games. The full schedule includes a ...

A plan to give Iowa schools $100 million more in the fiscal year that begins July 1 is advancing in the state Senate. A subcommittee on Tuesday approved a bill containing that amount of state supplemental aid for kindergarten through 12th grade schools. The proposed increase is 1.75 ...

Area children will soon have an opportunity to adopt a pet that doesn’t bark, meow or make a mess on the floor. And when they adopt that pet, they will be supporting the pets that do bark or meow and can make a mess. These special pets the kids can adopt on Saturday are stuffed animals. ...

POCAHONTAS — Kaleidoscopes have been connected to Pocahontas County for more than a decade. Initially, they were made by the late Leonard Olson in his shop on Main Street in Pocahontas. After his death in 2019, a series of giant kaleidoscopes were put up throughout the county in his ...

Community Health Center of Fort Dodge has announced a partnership with UnityPoint Health — Fort Dodge to expand access to women’s health services in the region. Dr. Robert O’Connor, an OB/GYN at UnityPoint Clinic OB/GYN, has started seeing patients at the health center two days every ...

WEBSTER CITY — Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig’s stop in Webster City Friday to view the Career Ag Academy was like a visit with old friends and family. Because it was. Naig grew up on a family farm in northwest Iowa near Cylinder. He was obviously at ease touring the building ...