Anna Lursen, a senior at St. Edmond Catholic School, was honored at the recent Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony. Lursen has a 4.062 grade-point average. She has also already earned 77 college credits. She is a member of the National Honor Society and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor ...

A Fort Dodge woman accused of dealing fentanyl pills has pleaded guilty to a federal crime, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa. Leslie J. Fanning, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of ...

The Community Health Center of Fort Dodge invites the public to participate in a Make It OK event on May 14. This event is part of the Make It OK campaign through Iowa’s Healthiest State Initiative, a statewide effort focused on reducing stigma surrounding mental health by encouraging ...

Those who drive in Fort Dodge should plan on seeing lots of orange signs and road cones this summer. Those symbols of construction zones will be found throughout the city as crews tackle an ambitious slate of projects that includes paving, a major intersection job, water main replacements ...

The lack of video evidence available in the April 2025 murder of Michele “Luna” Jackson in Farnhamville prompted a discussion between area law enforcement agencies and Webster County Crimestoppers about strengthening rural public safety. Those conversations later created the Eyes on Webster ...

During the summer months, kayaks and inner tubes can be seen on the Des Moines River near Fort Dodge. Occasionally, a personal water craft might be spotted. But the river is generally too shallow for anything else. It wasn’t always that way. Surprisingly, a small steamboat traveled the ...