-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Participants in the Walk To End Alzheimer’s wave to some of the Journey’s unit residents during the walk Sunday afternoon at Iowa Central and the Friendship Haven Campus.

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
Shari Burke, of Fort Dodge, trims trees at Terry Moehnke Veterans Memorial Park with First Interstate Bank on Wednesday. Bank employees participated in the company's annual Commitment to Community Volunteer Day.

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
Superintendent Josh Porter presents Stu Cochrane, retiring Fort Dodge Community School board president, with an honorary school bell on Monday during his last school board meeting.

-Submitted photo
Willow and Callie are two of the German shepherd dogs currently at Moffitt Animal Shelter. They were removed from a puppy mill on Aug. 8. They are learning to be socialized and that they love hot dogs and playing together. While Willow and Callie are friends, they do not have to be adopted together. Many of the German shepherd dogs seized last month in an animal cruelty case are now in the process of being rehabilitated and are even nearing fostering and potential adoption status.

-Messenger file photo by Bill Shea
Fort Dodge voters overwhelmingly rejected proposed franchise fees Tuesday that would have paid for adding eight more police officers. The fees were rejected by margins of about 62 percent to 38 percent, according to unofficial referendum results released by Webster County Auditor Doreen Pliner. The money would have been used to add four patrol officers, a three-member Community Action Team to work with both patrol and investigations, and one additional general crimes detective position.

-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla
Iowa Central Community College Fire Science students climbed 78 stairs and prayed for all who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, on Wednesday at the Iowa Central Fire Tower. The 78 stairs represent the 78th floor of the World Trade Center that New York City firefighters reached when the towers fell.

-Photo courtesy of Iowa Central Community College
Initial fall enrollment numbers at Iowa Central Community College show an increase of 41 students and 144 credit hours, according to information presented this week by Vice President of Student Services Tom Beneke.