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 ...

First Avenue South between 13th and 14th streets will be closed today, according to the Fort Dodge city engineer’s office. It will be closed for one day. But after the road reopens, there will be a lane reduction in place for about a week. This closure is necessary for some private sanitary ...

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 ...

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 ...

A special event Thursday evening will raise money for the construction of a recreation room/gym for Youth Shelter Care of North Central Iowa Inc. The Team Up For Our Youth Fundraiser, conducted by Fort Dodge Study Club, will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Laramar Ballroom, 710 First Ave. ...

LEHIGH — Prescribed burning will be conducted in Brushy Creek State Recreation Area through May, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Detailed burn plans are created for each area, and safety is always the No. 1 consideration in the timing of each burn, the department ...