OTHO — The main road through Dolliver Memorial State Park was closed Monday, according to Webster County Emergency Management. It was closed because an ice jam is causing water to back up over the road in the area of the boat ramp.

The Rifle and Pistol Club of Fort Dodge will hold its 51st gun show today and Sunday at the Webster County Fairgrounds. The show hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7. Children under 14 will be admitted free. Food and beverages will be available.

The Knights of Columbus, Fort Dodge Council 613, will be serving fish dinners on the next seven Fridays during Lent beginning on Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Corpus Christi Center, 405 N. Eighth St. Dinners are $12 and include fried fish, baked fish or shrimp or a combo plate of all ...

Mail will not be delivered on Monday in observance of the President’s Day holiday. Subscribers to The Messenger whose paper is delivered by mail will not get a print edition of the paper on Monday. They can read all the news and sports at www.messengernews.net. Subscribers who get their ...

This month’s planning meeting for the 2023 Frontier Days Celebration will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Opera House at the Fort Museum and Frontier Village. All are welcome.

Four Fort Dodge residents graduated from Des Moines Area Community College following the fall 2022 semester. They are: • Alisa Anderson, accounting and bookkeeping. • Dakota Ganzeveld, realtime court reporting. • Julia Jones, associate degree in nursing. • Logan Parker, water ...