The days of just walking in and out of the Webster County Courthouse are coming to an end, and that is for the best. Starting Monday, people going into the courthouse will have to pass through a metal detector. If they are carrying a bag, it will have to be searched. Webster County Sheriff ...

For decades, the Fort Dodge area was lacking something to aid some of its residents who most need help and support in their lives. Homeless women and their children consistently fell through the cracks of the social safety net simply because they didn’t meet the criteria for help through ...

Prediction: Final attendance numbers are going to be up this year at the Iowa State Fair and its county tributaries. The reason? Residents didn’t get a chance to celebrate last year’s bounty. As the summer nears its end, it’s practically mandatory to acknowledge the industry that keeps ...

Something has disappeared from downtown Fort Dodge. This disappearance, however, is one that seems to be universally welcomed. The parking meters that once stood alongside certain downtown streets have been removed. Left in their wake are gray metal poles that once held up the meters, but ...

The words day care generally prompt people to immediately think of very young children playing and learning in a safe environment while their parents are at work. There is an adult version of day care that is less well known than its counterpart for little kids. It is, however, just as ...

What may well be the grandest of our nation’s state agricultural festivities — the Iowa State Fair – is underway. Iowans gathered in Fairfield for the first state fair in 1854 — just eight years after achieving statehood. That fair boasted an attendance of about 8,000. In the early ...