Fort Dodge City Councilman Cameron Nelson announced Wednesday that he will seek a third term representing Ward 2 in this year’s election. “I still think there is plenty to accomplish,” he said. Nelson said that although he was elected by his neighbors in Ward 2 on the city’s ...

ROCKWELL CITY — Family members of 17-year-old Michele ‘Luna’ Jackson wept in court Wednesday afternoon after hearing a judge convict her killer of first-degree murder. Jackson was murdered Sept. 22, 2024, by Nathaniel Bevers McGivney, 22, of Farnhamville, at the Farnhamville City ...

There is a new option in Fort Dodge for senior citizens who need a little help with everyday living, but don’t require the services of a nursing home. The Marian Home and Village recently expanded beyond its longtime home at 2400 Sixth Ave. N. to open a new assisted living facility just ...

ROCKWELL CITY — ”He was caught red-handed,” Calhoun County Attorney Ben Smith said during opening arguments Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Bevers-McGivney. “In this instance, the phrase is literal. He had her bloody shoe and green scooter.” Bevers-McGivney, ...

WEBSTER CITY — The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors meeting was relocated to the supervisors’ office Tuesday because the basement of the Hamilton County Courthouse, where the meeting is typically held, flooded over the weekend. The water was discovered when Jill Coons, maintenance ...