During the month of May, it is worth noting that it is a time to celebrate an important meat product. May is Beef Month. For many of us, every month is a time to partake of a food that ranks high on the list of culinary favorites. It’s no secret that Americans have a love affair with ...

Hundreds of blue-clad graduates filed into Hodges Fieldhouse on the Fort Dodge campus of Iowa Central Community College Friday to the traditional strains of “Pomp and Circumstance.” Friday’s double-header of commencement ceremonies marked the pinnacle of achievement that the graduates ...

When a 737 roared into the sky above Fort Dodge Regional Airport just as the sun began to brighten the horizon this morning, one of the most unique and heartfelt tributes to area veterans was back in action. There were about 120 veterans aboard that plane, going to Washington, D.C., for free ...

There is perhaps no profession that is so intertwined with an individual’s life as nursing is. Nurses are there to help bring new life into the world. They administer the vaccines, and help people get through all the various illnesses and injuries of a lifetime. And at the very end, nurses ...

The Iowa legislature has gone into extra innings for its 2025 session, and the roughly $9 billion proposed state budget is the main obstacle to finishing it up. The lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds are haggling over big, big numbers trying to get a spending plan hammered out. We would like to ...

The Friends of the Fort Dodge Public Library is now offering a good opportunity for everyone to expand their collection of books. That group is now conducting the spring version of its twice yearly used book sale. There are tables stretching the length of the library’s big meeting room and ...