Week in Review: Dec. 2, 2024
-Messenger file photo <BR> The Decker Truck Line Inc. display is featured during Lights at Kennedy 2021 at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park. Lights at Kennedy will open Dec. 6 for the annual holiday lighting event. In its 21st year, Lights at Kennedy will feature 35 displays, with the light show being choreographed to music played on 88.7 FM radio.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> Amelia Crosby, 8, delivers a package of coats, gloves and hats to a family Nov. 23 during the annual Coats for Kids distribution at the Community Health Center of Fort Dodge. Coats for Kids is a joint venture of Shimkat Motor Co. and the Community Health Center.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> The first group in line Friday at the Fort Dodge Menards store waits patiently for 6 a.m. They are, from left, Jody Klaver, Steph Kroger and Chelsea Quinteros, all of Webster City.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> Christina Johnson, of Dakota City, waves as she makes her way into the Fort Dodge Menards store a few minutes after 6 a.m. for the annual Black Friday sale.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> Volunteers Patrick Mashburn, of Farmersville, Texas, at left, along with his friend Galen Andrews, of Eagle Grove, help stock table supplies Thursday morning for the 2024 Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Fort Dodge Ford Toyota. Both are over-the-road truck drivers that decided to come help while taking their 34 hour break.
-Messenger file photo <BR> A hoseline extends into the former Fair Oaks Middle School at 416 S. 10th St. while firefighters battle a blaze there in May. There was another fire there in June. The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday began the process of offering the building to a new developer.
-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla <BR> Tjeran Joliffe, left, and Donna Jolliffe were heading to Illinois to visit their grandkids for the holidays on Tuesday at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Submitted photo illustration <BR> This year, school officials throughout Iowa are increasingly saying students may have no use of, or more limited access to, mobile devices during the instructional day.
-Messenger file photo <BR> The Decker Truck Line Inc. display is featured during Lights at Kennedy 2021 at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park. Lights at Kennedy will open Dec. 6 for the annual holiday lighting event. In its 21st year, Lights at Kennedy will feature 35 displays, with the light show being choreographed to music played on 88.7 FM radio.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> Amelia Crosby, 8, delivers a package of coats, gloves and hats to a family Nov. 23 during the annual Coats for Kids distribution at the Community Health Center of Fort Dodge. Coats for Kids is a joint venture of Shimkat Motor Co. and the Community Health Center.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> The first group in line Friday at the Fort Dodge Menards store waits patiently for 6 a.m. They are, from left, Jody Klaver, Steph Kroger and Chelsea Quinteros, all of Webster City.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> Christina Johnson, of Dakota City, waves as she makes her way into the Fort Dodge Menards store a few minutes after 6 a.m. for the annual Black Friday sale.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen <BR> Volunteers Patrick Mashburn, of Farmersville, Texas, at left, along with his friend Galen Andrews, of Eagle Grove, help stock table supplies Thursday morning for the 2024 Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Fort Dodge Ford Toyota. Both are over-the-road truck drivers that decided to come help while taking their 34 hour break.
-Messenger file photo <BR> A hoseline extends into the former Fair Oaks Middle School at 416 S. 10th St. while firefighters battle a blaze there in May. There was another fire there in June. The Fort Dodge City Council on Monday began the process of offering the building to a new developer.
-Messenger photo by Britt Kudla <BR> Tjeran Joliffe, left, and Donna Jolliffe were heading to Illinois to visit their grandkids for the holidays on Tuesday at the Fort Dodge Regional Airport.
-Submitted photo illustration <BR> This year, school officials throughout Iowa are increasingly saying students may have no use of, or more limited access to, mobile devices during the instructional day.