Editor’s note: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself. The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United ...
The sounds of people splashing around in the pool and generally having a good time could be heard every summer for years at Exposition Park in Fort Dodge. The pool is long gone, having been replaced by the Rosedale Rapids Aquatic Center on the east side of the city. Now the park near ...
Police Log FORT DODGE Wednesday A suspicious person was reported at 17th Street and 12th Avenue South. A suspicious person was reported in the 1000 block of Central Avenue. A suspicious person was reported in the 200 block of First Avenue South. A suspicious person was reported in ...
A Fort Dodge man will spend nine years in federal prison for trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa. Matthew Groat, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leonard T. Strand on ...