By Kelli Bloomquist DAYTON — A downtown building that has sat empty for years is headed for restoration after its owner secured a Community Catalyst grant to help rehabilitate the historic opera house at 39 S. Main St. The building, known to most of Dayton as the former Iron Saddle, has ...
By Kelli Bloomquist A Bayard man is behind bars after he allegedly stabbed a Fort Dodge teenager Saturday night. David J. Richman, 45, is charged with assault causing serious injury after officers say he stabbed Dawson D. Skoland Rattray, 18, outside the Star Convenience Store, 1601 Fifth Ave. S., around 10:55 p.m. Saturday. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, officers found Skoland Rattray suffering from a laceration to his right arm. Witnesses on scene stated that Richman fled the scene. Skoland Rattray was transported by ambulance and later airlifted to Iowa ...
WEBSTER CITY — Selden Spencer of Webster City will be hosting a Practical Farmers of Iowa field day on Saturday. The workshop will begin at 9 a.m. and last until 11 a.m. This will be an on-site tour of the oxbow that has been re-established on White Fox Creek at 1949 185th St., near ...
GOWRIE — Leah Applebee kept the tradition of bringing Southeast Valley High School students on a once-in-a-lifetime journey alive this summer. Applebee, a Spanish teacher at the school, brought Oliver Riehl, Halle Crampton, Dax Maschino, Elizabeth Thompson and Taylor Willardson to Ecuador, ...
Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for governor, recently sat for an exclusive interview with Messenger Editor Bill Shea, during which he talked about his proposal to address water quality issues and the surging rate of cancer cases in Iowa. Lahn also talked about redirecting the Iowa ...
