Two incumbents and one newcomer were unopposed for seats on the Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education Tuesday. Incumbent Molly Nelson won 2,939 votes. Incumbent Zach Mason won 2,720 votes. Newcomer Dan Scott won 2,517 votes. Nelson was appointed to the board in March ...
SAC CITY — Sac County voters have rejected building a new $12.9 million jail facility. The measure, which needed to pass by a 60-percent supermajority, had only 56-percent of the vote with 1,616 yes votes, and 1,227 no votes. Sac County officials sought the funds to replace the more ...
VINCENT — A one-day trip to Washington, D.C., was a life-changing event for Marine Corps veteran Leland Dencklau. The trip was the September 2023 version of the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight, which took Iowa veterans from Fort Dodge Regional Airport to see the nation’s war memorials ...
Kim Alstott has won the Ward 4 race for Fort Dodge City Council. See complete election results in Wednesday's Messenger.
The Better Way Project, an initiative launched by a group of local real estate investors, has announced its purchase of the former Land O’Lakes property located at 2827 Eighth Ave. S. That office building has been vacant for about a decade. A nearby Land O’Lakes feed mill was ...
