Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

The passengers getting off a plane at Fort Dodge Regional Airport Thursday morning could see a lot of people waiting for them in the terminal. Undoubtedly, they were wondering why the crowd was there. When the sliding doors snapped open, allowing them into the main waiting room, they ...

MOORLAND — At least 25 tornadoes struck Iowa in the past week, including confirmed tornadoes near Moorland and Rockwell City, according to National Weather Service damage surveys. No injuries were reported from the area twisters. There were also no reports of houses or large buildings being ...

After more than two decades of serving the Webster City community, All Cultures Equal has announced that the organization will officially close its doors on June 30. The final ACE food pantry distribution took place on May 15. ACE leadership shared that the decision comes after careful ...

Around the area OTHO — A Memorial Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. MONDAY at the Otho Cemetery, on Osceola Avenue south of 260th St. It will include decorating the graves of veterans, a ceremony at Veterans Monument, and taps. In Fort Dodge FORT DODGE — A Memorial Day ceremony ...

Quietly but confidently, the Duncombe Elementary School family collectively embraced the core tenets of the Leader in Me program four years ago. The Fort Dodge school committed itself to the program’s main message: improving the leadership habits and character traits of all students, ...