The Fort Dodge Farmers Market would like to say thank you to all those in the community who joined us for our opening day last Saturday. It was so good to see people we haven’t seen since last season and meet a lot of new people. Despite the warm temperatures, it was a great turnout. After ...

MANSON — Time may be running out for the nonprofit Manson Hometown Grocery store. Without a big surge in sales or some other infusion of cash, the store will close in late summer or early fall, leaders of the store reported Wednesday evening during a public meeting. “If things went ...

Just weeks after send-off ceremonies across the state, nearly 4,000 Iowa Army National Guard soldiers, including members of the unit based in Fort Dodge, are deep into one of the most rigorous and realistic training experiences the Army has — the Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at ...

In the late 1850s, the rural cemetery movement started across the United States. It moved cemeteries from right in the center of towns to the edge of towns. The idea was also to make the cemetery a gathering spot where families would walk, ride a horse, or take a horse carriage out to see ...

The Webster County Supervisors honored Recorder Lindsay Laufersweiler Tuesday after formally accepting her resignation. Laufersweiler announced June 8 that she will leave the Recorder’s Office on July 20 for a role outside of county government. “She has been an integral part of our ...

A missing Fort Dodge teen has been found dead in a local pond. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, Oliver Brockbank, 16, was reported missing Sunday evening. A search ensued Sunday night and Monday. Fort Dodge Police Chief Dennis Quinn said in a news release Tuesday that ...