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FD man charged in attack on woman

A Fort Dodge man who threatened a woman with a knife and held her in her own apartment against her will early Sunday morning faces a long list of criminal charges, court records indicate. Kevin D. Garvin, 27, of 903 Eighth St. S.W., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and was charged with: • Violation of parole. • First-degree robbery. • Willful injury causing bodily injury. • First-degree harassment. • Assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. • False imprisonment. • Obstruction of emergency communications. The incident happened between midnight and 4:37 a.m. ...

Remembering Joan

Rochelle Green, co-organizer of the annual Prairie Trails Ride, welcomed everyone gathered at Salty Suz in downtown Fort Dodge Saturday morning with a reminder of a person many of them knew and loved — Joan Meyer, of Fort Dodge. Meyer died on Jan. 29, 2026, of cancer. “What an ...

Inquiring minds want to know: Whodunit?

WEBSTER CITY — On June 10, 1912, eight people were discovered dead in a home in Villisca, Iowa. Each had been killed by blows from an ax. To this day, nobody has been convicted of the crime. Edgar Epperly, like so many others, found the case fascinating. He began a lifelong passion of ...

Scenes from the Prairie Trails Ride

‘Center Stage With Ben Ahlers’ this Thursday at ICCC

The acting career of Ben Ahlers has recently soared to meteoric heights. That doesn’t mean the 2015 Fort Dodge Senior High School graduate has forgotten the importance of his roots. Ahlers is returning to Fort Dodge this Thursday for a one-night event at Decker Auditorium on the campus ...

Bird touts her accomplishments as AG

As Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird seeks reelection in November, she talks about a recent court win that will keep candy-flavored vapes off store shelves and the early success of her cold case unit. The win in the vape case, she said, is “important to me as a mom and a ...