About a week ago, Jim Kersten, vice president of government affairs and external relations at Iowa Central Community College, contacted the office of U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra about a common form of student aid called Pell grants. There are situations in which Pell grants can be taxed as ...

Infrastructure, water quality and the arts were discussed Wednesday as a local delegation spent a second day in Washington, D.C., lobbying for things that will benefit Fort Dodge and Webster County. The group includes leaders of the city, county, Greater Fort Dodge Growth Alliance and Iowa ...

DAKOTA CITY — A Dakota City man who at one point had been a wanted fugitive pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to drug and gun charges. Nathan Nickless, 40, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one court of possession of a firearm by a ...

A special event this evening will raise money for the construction of a recreation room/gym for Youth Shelter Care of North Central Iowa Inc. The Team Up For Our Youth Fundraiser, conducted by Fort Dodge Study Club, will begin at 6 p.m. today in the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. N. It ...

Rod Lane woke up last April with a sore throat that just wouldn’t go away. Without insurance, he was hesitant to see a doctor, but when he did, he was shocked to learn that that persistent sore throat was actually cancer. “Squamous cell carcinoma they told me,” the Humboldt man ...

Fort Dodge and Webster County leaders looking for some federal support for the community went straight to the people who could help - Iowa’s United States senators and the congressman who represents the area. A local delegation which also included representatives of the Greater Fort ...