ALGONA — Six members of the Algona FFA Chapter traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana, to attend the 99th National FFA Convention & Expo, joining 72,907 FFA members, advisors, and guests from across the country for leadership development, career exploration, and national recognition. The ...
George Sexton by his own admission was a handful growing up on a Century Farm in Calhoun County. As a result he moved to California to live with relatives for nearly a year. The change in scenery soon presented Sexton with a choice: from a judge. The choice was to join the Marine Corps or ...
An especially smoky fire heavily damaged a garage in Fort Dodge Saturday night. The fire in the 1700 block of Third Avenue South was reported at 9:49 p.m. No one was injured. The single vehicle garage along the alley behind the houses sustained extensive damage. Firefighters said the cause of the fire was accidental.
Democrat Rob Sand told a Fort Dodge audience Thursday that he will lead Iowa back to a bipartisan style of government that will serve the people if he is elected governor. “We have never been a state about Democrats versus Republicans,” he told a cheering crowd of about 95 people at Shiny ...
Iowa Works, the state agency charged with connecting workers and employers, has a relatively new home in downtown Fort Dodge. The new location in the former Wakhonsa School, 330 First Ave. N., was celebrated with a ribbon cutting Thursday morning conducted by the Ambassadors of the Greater ...
Around the area OTHO — Haunted Fire Department will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. TODAY and SATURDAY at the Otho Fire Department. Cost is freewill donation or canned goods for local food pantry. POMEROY — Michael Charles and his band will perform from 5 to 8 p.m. on SUNDAY at Byron’s, ...
