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Nominate someone for Hometown Pride

Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond for their community? Nominate them for The Messenger’s 2025 Hometown Pride publication. Email your nominations to bshea@messengernews.net. Please include the name, hometown and contact information for the nominee, as well as why you are nominating them. Nominees can be individuals as well as groups or organizations. The Messenger’s coverage area includes Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster and Wright counties. Nominations can be anonymous.

August Green to visit Fort Dodge Public Library

Storyteller August Green will be at the Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central Ave., at 6 p.m. on Monday. Green is a talker by nature and a storyteller by trade, with a unique blend of humor, energy, and relatability. He’s been called “a modern-day Andy Griffith with a twist of Garrison Keillor.” Green has developed a distinctive style that combines traditional storytelling methods steeped in Southern tradition while seasoning the pot with a distinctively Midwestern attitude. Green brings a joyful energy to each show that leaves a lasting impression. This program is geared to ...

Entries wanted for congressional art contest

High school students are invited to submit their artwork for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. One winner from the Fourth Congressional District of northwest Iowa will have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Three runners-up will have their work displayed in the Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs and Sioux City offices of U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull. Artwork will be judged on originality, concept, technique, creativity and representation of this part of Iowa. Submissions can be made by emailing a minimum of two pictures of the work to Emily Schwickerath at ...

Nominate someone for Hometown Pride

Do you know someone who has gone above and beyond for their community? Nominate them for The Messenger’s 2025 Hometown Pride publication. Email your nominations to bshea@messengernews.net. Please include the name, hometown and contact information for the nominee, as well as why you are nominating them. Nominees can be individuals as well as groups or organizations. The Messenger’s coverage area includes Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster and Wright counties. Nominations can be anonymous.

FD Choral Society scholarships available

Applications are now being accepted for $1,000 music scholarships for the 2025-2026 school year. Applicants must be college students majoring in vocal music, performance, or education with a sophomore, junior, or senior status by the beginning of the award year. Students presently attending an Iowa community college, college, or university are eligible to apply (awardees must attend an Iowa institution during the award year.) Students originally from the Fort Dodge area attending any college or university are eligible to apply. Students who have received two FDCS scholarships are not ...

Cash for Cougars set for March 10

The 2025 Cash for Cougars Phone-a-thon will take place on March 10. This event is sponsored by the Manson Northwest Webster Education Foundation. The students will meet at 5 p.m. at the MNW Elementary School for a light meal, and then make calls from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The senior class of 2025 will be calling for pledges to add to the scholarship fund. All pledge money received by the April 1 deadline will be awarded to the seniors who participated. This money will be awarded after the first semester completion of a post-secondary program — four-year school, two-year school, ...