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Local communities prepare to honor the fallen

The Fort Dodge commemoration of Memorial Day will be held on Monday at Terry Moehnke Veterans Memorial Park. It will begin at 10 a.m. with patriotic music played by the Karl King Municipal Band. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. The park is on the north side of Badger Lake in an area where there is very little space for parking. The Fort Dodge Veterans Council urges people to park at the Community Orchard, 2237 160th St., and ride a bus to the park. The bus rides to and from the park will be free. “Please, please we encourage you to help us as you’re able by parking at the ...

School bells rang early in Fort Dodge

Iowa has long been known for its commitment to an outstanding education for its youth. In Fort Dodge that commitment emerged early. The town was founded in 1854 and the first school opened a year later. Here is a summary of Fort Dodge schools through the years, based largely on ...

America at 250: West Virginia born amid chaos of Civil War

Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

Denver flights return

The passengers getting off a plane at Fort Dodge Regional Airport Thursday morning could see a lot of people waiting for them in the terminal. Undoubtedly, they were wondering why the crowd was there. When the sliding doors snapped open, allowing them into the main waiting room, they ...

Calhoun, Webster County tornadoes confirmed by NWS

MOORLAND — At least 25 tornadoes struck Iowa in the past week, including confirmed tornadoes near Moorland and Rockwell City, according to National Weather Service damage surveys. No injuries were reported from the area twisters. There were also no reports of houses or large buildings being destroyed. According to the National Weather Service, an EF-0 tornado that was 4.68 miles in length and approximately 50 yards wide touched down near Moorland at 9:29 pm. Sunday,. An EF-1 tornado with 105 mile per hour winds hit Rockwell City at 9:10 pm, and had a 0.2 mile path. Tornadoes ...

All Cultures Equal (ACE) announces closure

After more than two decades of serving the Webster City community, All Cultures Equal has announced that the organization will officially close its doors on June 30. The final ACE food pantry distribution took place on May 15. ACE leadership shared that the decision comes after careful reflection on the changing needs of the community and a decline in demand for the organization’s services and resources in recent years. The concept for ACE began in 1999 with the formation of the “Diverse Cultures Committee,” established to help address the needs and concerns of the growing ...