William Kahle, of Algona, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Winona, Minnesota. To be named to the Dean’s List, he had to earn a grade point average of 3.6 or better.
Several area students were named to the Dean’s List at Loras College in Dubuque for the spring semester. Dayton — Jubilee Cunigan Fort Dodge — Dennis Ehn, Kaili Henning, Hannah Landwehr, Isaac Landwehr
A man has been arrested for shooting at another man last summer in Fort Dodge. Joshua A. Greene Jr., 20, of 838 Eighth Ave. N., was arrested by Fort Dodge police and charged with intimidation with a dangerous weapon, going armed with intent and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. According to criminal complaints filed against him, at 7:41 p.m. Aug. 7, 2024, Greene fired a gun at a man in a vehicle in the 1400 block of South 24th Street. The reports do not indicate if the man was injured. Greene was arrested Wednesday and made his initial appearance in Webster County ...
A Fort Dodge man is facing criminal charges because sheriff’s deputies say he hid in a bathroom to look at women. Mark M. Martinson, 51, of 328 Ave. M West, is charged with four counts of invasion of privacy, according to court records. In criminal complaints filed against him, Webster County sheriff’s deputies wrote that at 7:55 p.m. May 18, Martinson went into a women’s restroom at Marker 126 along U.S. Highway 20 and hid in a stall. He then observed the women in the restroom, the deputies wrote. He was arrested Wednesday and made his initial appearance in Webster County ...
The Messenger will not publish a physical paper on Thursday in commemoration of the Juneteenth holiday. There will be an e-edition. Check www.messengernews.net throughout the day for breaking news updates. The Messenger will resume publication on Friday.
ALGONA — The Kossuth County Genealogical Society will hold its annual meeting on Saturday at the Algona Library, Room A. Anthony Jahn, state archivist at the State Historical Society, will be a special guest beginning at 10:15 a.m. Jahn will expound on the various branches of the State Library and Archives as well as give a synopsis of the numerous historical collections available at both the Des Moines and Iowa City locations. If you are curious about a certain event or topic in the past and would like to dig a little deeper, you will not want to miss this very informative ...