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A new year at Southeast Valley

GOWRIE — Students across the Southeast Valley School District returned to class Wednesday, beginning the 2026-27 school year with new faces in classrooms and hallways across the district. Southeast Valley welcomed 11 new staff members this year, including seven teachers, three associates ...

Panel of local professional women discuss views on gender equality

An interactive panel of six local professional women, including a political candidate, therapist, victim advocate, bookstore owner, and two educators, recently shared their experiences and viewpoints on gender equality issues and related social problems at a Fort Dodge forum. Each of the ...

ISU Extension offers forest course

Iowa woodland owners and others interested in forest stewardship are invited to participate in the Iowa Master Woodland Steward Program, a comprehensive educational program designed to help participants better understand, manage, and protect Iowa's woodland resources. The Iowa Master Woodland Steward Program is offered through Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in partnership with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, often in cooperation with county conservation boards. While the program is primarily intended for woodland owners, stewards, and land managers, it is also ...

More school bells ring in Fort Dodge

The first classes of the new school year began Wednesday morning for the roughly 3,400 students of the Fort Dodge Community School District. The students and their teachers were able to ease into the 2026-2027 academic year with a shortened school day. There was 1 p.m. early dismissal for all ...

Man faces weapon charge after Dayton incident

A man was arrested after showing a handgun and threatening to shoot people during a Monday afternoon incident in Dayton. Kohl B. Anderson, 27, of Boone, was arrested by Webster County sheriff’s deputies and charged with domestic abuse assault, display or use of a weapon, first offense, according to criminal complaints. The incident happened at 3:25 p.m. Monday in a residence on First Street Northwest in Dayton. Anderson showed a handgun to a woman and her friends multiple times and threatened to shoot people, deputies wrote in the criminal complaints. He also grabbed the woman's ...