Area ethanol-related projects received grant awards Thursday from the Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program of the State of Iowa. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig announced the grant awards which included projects in 46 counties worth nearly $4.59 million. According to Naig, ...

Around the area HARCOURT — The Harcourt Public Library, 106 W. Second St., Harcourt, is holding a Christmas Open House from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. SATURDAY at the library. There will be a coffee bar, book and bake sale and a silent auction. HARCOURT — Jamie Aaron Kelley fourth annual ...

When 9-year-old Colton Holmes isn’t playing Pokemon or preparing for the Duncombe Elementary School Christmas concert, he’s giving interviews to national TV reporters and magazines. The Fort Dodge third-grader has become a viral sensation after he cleared snow from a fire hydrant near ...

The Fort Dodge Choral Society will perform its annual Christmas concert on Sunday, but members of the group won’t be the only ones singing. The concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. in First United Methodist Church with a Chrstmas carol sing-along in which people in the audience will join Choral ...

A drunk driving charge against Mayor Matt Bemrich was dropped Wednesday, days after a judge ruled that police had no grounds to pull him over on the September evening on which he was arrested. Assistant Webster County Attorney Doug Cook filed a motion seeking dismissal of the ...