Editor’s note: This feature first ran in a special publication called Hometown Pride, published June 28, 2025, featuring people and organizations from Fort Dodge and the surrounding area who are making a difference in their communities. ALGONA — Museums give us pictures of the past, ...

When area children learn about the geologic history of Iowa, they’ll now be able to see the evolution through art thanks to a partnership between Iowa Central Community College’s visual art students and Webster County Conservation. Iowa Central visual arts instructors and students ...

A man has been arrested in connection with a shooting death in Fort Dodge early Tuesday morning, police reported. Fort Dodge police reported that Rolman Humberto Recinos Gonzales, 38, of 524 N. 28th St., was arrested and charged with first degree murder; trafficking in stolen weapons, first ...

WEBSTER CITY — Late into his town hall in Webster City Tuesday, state Auditor Rob Sand asked for questions and got one from Denise Gajewsky, of Jewell. “What happened to the AEAs?” A veteran of both Heartland and Prairie Lakes Area Education Agencies, Gajewsky is a licensed ...

It was some three decades ago that Barb Michaels opted to join her Daybreak Rotary Club in a joint effort to clean up the Des Moines River around Fort Dodge. That’s how it all started. There was nothing in it for her, except a little exercise and knowing that she had done something for her ...

Fort Dodge police say one person is dead following a shooting early Tuesday morning. According to Fort Dodge Police Chief Dennis Quinn, a deceased man suffering from a gunshot wound was found in the area of 524 N. 28th St. at approximately 1:04 a.m. Tuesday. Police had been dispatched to ...