The Fort Dodge commemoration of Memorial Day will be held on Monday at Terry Moehnke Veterans Memorial Park. It will begin at 10 a.m. with patriotic music played by the Karl King Municipal Band. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. The park is on the north side of Badger Lake in an area ...

Iowa has long been known for its commitment to an outstanding education for its youth. In Fort Dodge that commitment emerged early. The town was founded in 1854 and the first school opened a year later. Here is a summary of Fort Dodge schools through the years, based largely on ...

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 ...