STRATFORD — Trying times in agriculture can still add up to a positive outlook for the long-term future. This was just one of the messages to come out of the Iowa Organic Association’s (IOC) annual meeting held Dec. 9 at the Backcountry Winery east of Stratford. “There is good ...

PALMYRA, SYRIA — A Marshalltown National Guardsman who grew up in the community, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 2014 and worked as a laser engraving specialist at Emerson was killed in a terrorist attack by a lone ISIS gunman in Palmyra, Syria, early Saturday morning, according ...

Teachers and staff in the Fort Dodge Community School District have a couple of new tools to help them communicate with students and families who are struggling with English or do not speak the language at all. The Fort Dodge Middle School and Fort Dodge Senior High staff have been able to ...

For the second time in as many school years, Fort Dodge Middle School has received a grant from National Gypsum to help develop one of its programs as part of the company’s Giving Tuesday initiative. The district announced this week that National Gypsum has donated $40,000 to upgrade ...