Around the area CLARION — The Spring Coin Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. SATURDAY at the Heartland Museum Ballroom in Clarion. Free admission. U.S. and foreign coins, tokens, medals, stamps, comics, sports cards and other collectibles will be for sale. In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE ...

Drivers would be allowed to go a little bit faster on Iowa’s two-lane highways under a plan approved by the state House of Representatives Wednesday. The bill establishes the default speed limit at 60 mph rather than the current 55 mph. Its impact would be felt mostly on two-lane ...

Community involvement and giving back have become two staples of the Iowa Central Community College cross country program under the leadership of Dee Brown. This year, the Tritons raised $4,000 to donate to UnityPoint Health — Norma Schmoker Cancer Center through fundraising efforts. ...

HUMBOLDT — What’s an Earth Day celebration look like? It’s filled with hands-on activities when Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom comes to local schools. First graders at St. Mary Catholic School and second graders at Taft Elementary School in Humboldt got an Earth Day presentation ...

Big machines are rumbling across a long section of once vacant ground along Third Avenue Northwest as workers begin the process of building the Fort Dodge community’s newest apartments. The construction site consists of about three acres along the south side of the road between Fifth ...