The day many local students have been anticipating for perhaps weeks is now at hand. Thursday is the last day of school for the Fort Dodge Community School District. District Superintendent Josh Porter told the Board of Education Tuesday that classes will be dismissed two hours early that ...
Deer causes motorcycle wreck BARNUM — A man who swerved to miss a deer was injured when his motorcycle crashed Tuesday afternoon in western Webster County. The crash happened at about 2 p.m. on Baxter Avenue near 190th Street. Webster County Sheriff Luke Fleener said James Larson, of ...
Since the United States of America was founded 250 years ago, some 1.1 million men and women have died defending the nation. Their final resting places are at the hallowed grounds of national cemeteries such as Arlington National Cemetery, or beneath the rows of crosses overlooking the ...
An Army veteran from Gowrie who was once the state leader of the American Legion was honored Monday during the Memorial Day observance at Terry Moehnke Veterans Memorial Park. Jim Peterson received the Veteran of the Year Award from the Fort Dodge Veterans Council from Tom Dorsey, the ...