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 ...
The Blanden Memorial Art Museum announces “Pond Paintings,” a solo exhibition by artist Kim Bromley, on view in the East Gallery from Saturday through April 18. A public reception will be held from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 21, with an artist talk beginning at 3 p.m. This event is free and open to all. For more than 15 years, Kim Bromley’s artistic practice has been shaped by the quiet beauty of his rural Minnesota home, set on 20 acres of woods and water. His studio is the landscape itself, where he paints en plein air, capturing shifting light, reflections and seasonal color ...
The concept of property was at the root of much of the discussion when local lawmakers and residents came together Saturday morning for an Eggs and Issues forum. The potential for taking property by eminent domain and the taxing of property are major issues facing the Iowa legislature ...
Some of the 1,800 Iowa Army National Guard soldiers now in the Middle East are returning home earlier than planned. About 250 soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, are coming back because they are no longer needed overseas, according to an announcement from the National Guard. This is the beginning of a phased return home of the soldiers, the National Guard reported. The troops left Iowa in May 2025 and were scheduled to return home this coming June. Soldiers of the Fort Dodge-based unit — Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th ...
The Better Way Project, an initiative launched by a group of local real estate investors who wish to help revitalize downtown Fort Dodge, has purchased the building at 1012 Central Ave. Originally known as The Arcadian, the building is reputed to be the first shopping mall in Fort Dodge. ...
